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A Kent Beck Signature Book

Test-Driven Development: By Example

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.

216 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2002

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November 20, 2021
Il tema del TDD è molto discusso e può essere un'ottima risorsa per la creazione di software funzionante e comprensibile non solo al compilatore

Il libro insegna i principi del TDD con molta ironia e con alcuni esempi semplici e concisi, perché il testing deve essere così: partire dalle funzionalità semplici e poi evolvere il sistema gradualmente e in maniera sempre controllata e verificata.

Il libro illusta alcuni pattern comuni sia nella creazione dei test sia nella scrittura di codice in generare. Avrei gradito alcuni esempi in più in queste parti: per quanto siano pattern conosciuti e usati dagli 'addetti ai lavori', a volte l loro spiegazione risulta frettolose, impedendo di illustarne pienamente forza e utilità
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