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Chris NorthwoodThe Full Stack Developerhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4152-3_7

7. Testing

Chris Northwood1 
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Manchester, UK
 

At some point during every project, there will inevitably be two questions that need answering for each change you make: does it work, and has it broken anything? Testing can be used to answer these two questions, although there are subtle differences between the types of testing used to resolve them.

Test-Driven Development

Test-driven development (TDD) is a well-established technique for developing software, although it is often misunderstood. The purpose of TDD is not to generate high test coverage, but to use tests to help drive the design of your code; TDD is really about development, not just ...

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