Test-Driven Development: By Example

A Kent Beck Signature Book

by Kent Beck

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.

Genres: Programming, Technology, Computer Science, Software, Technical, Nonfiction, Coding

216 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2002

Reviews

[Arthur Gavrichenko]

Хочу прочитать еще, много полезных советов

[Gleb Kondratenko]

Отличные примеры пошаговой разработки опирающейся на тесты.

[Max Savchenko]

Я бы сказал, что эта книга является неким введением в TDD, интересна она прежде всего способом подачи материала. Автор на примере двух учебных проектов описывает свой способ "мышления в стиле TDD". Здесь нет подробных описаний конкретных фреймворков, нет четких инструкций в стиле "Напиши вот этот тест и получи чистый и работающий код без багов". Эта книга лишь помогает в формировании образа мысли, который поспособствует в достижении этих целей. А вот за конкретными практиками добро пожаловать в The Art of Unit Testing: With Examples in .NET