Test Driven Development: By Example

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Quite simply, test-driven development is meant to eliminate fear in application development. While some fear is healthy (often viewed as a conscience that tells programmers to “be careful!”), the author believes that byproducts of fear include tentative, grumpy, and uncommunicative programmers who are unable to absorb constructive criticism. When programming teams buy into TDD, they immediately see positive results. They eliminate the fear involved in their jobs, and are better equipped to tackle the difficult challenges that face them. TDD eliminates tentative traits, it teaches programmers to communicate, and it encourages team members to seek out criticism However, even the author admits that grumpiness must be worked out individually! In short, the premise behind TDD is that code should be continually tested and refactored. Kent Beck teaches programmers by example, so they can painlessly and dramatically increase the quality of their work.

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About the author

Kent Beck, one of the software industry’s most creative and acclaimed leaders, consistently challenges software engineering dogma and promotes ideas like patterns, test-driven development, and Extreme Programming.

Who is this for?

This book is for software developers and programmers who want to improve their coding practices, and for teams that want to enhance collaboration and communication in their development processes.

What can readers expect to learn?

Quite simply, test-driven development is meant to eliminate fear in application development. While some fear is healthy (often viewed as a conscience that tells programmers to “be careful!”), the author believes that byproducts of fear include tentative, grumpy, and uncommunicative programmers who are unable to absorb constructive criticism. When programming teams buy into TDD, they immediately see positive results. They eliminate the fear involved in their jobs and are better equipped to tackle the difficult challenges that face them. TDD eliminates tentative traits, it teaches programmers to communicate, and it encourages team members to seek out criticism However, even the author admits that grumpiness must be worked out individually! In short, the premise behind TDD is that code should be continually tested and refactored. Kent Beck teaches programmers by example, so they can painlessly and dramatically increase the quality of their work.

ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0321146530
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Addison-Wesley Professional
Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 8, 2002
Edition ‏ : ‎ 1st
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780321146533
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0321146533
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.4 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.3 x 0.6 x 9.1 inches
Part of series ‏ : ‎ Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Beck)
Best Sellers Rank: #127,054 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #18 in Software Testing #68 in Software Development (Books) #262 in Computer Software (Books)
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