EVALUATION OF TEST-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT - An Industrial Case Study
Hans Wasmus, Hans-Gerhard Gross
2007
Abstract
Test-driven development is a novel software development practice and part of the Extreme Programming paradigm. It is based on the principle that tests should be designed and written for a module iteratively, while the code of the module is devised. This is the opposite of what is usual in current software development methods in which testing is often an afterthought, rather than a primary driving factor of design. Once applied systematically and continuously, test-driven development is supposed to incorporate requirements changes easier, lead to superior technical solutions in software, result in better and cleaner code, and motivate all stakeholders. We present a development project carried out in a company in which we put those claims to a test. We found that, indeed, some of the claims are valid, but we can also report difficulties with applying the test-driven development approach.
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Wasmus H. and Gross H. (2007). EVALUATION OF TEST-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT - An Industrial Case Study . In Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering - Volume 1: ENASE, ISBN 978-989-8111-10-4, pages 103-110. DOI: 10.5220/0002584401030110
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@conference{enase07,
author={Hans Wasmus and Hans-Gerhard Gross},
title={EVALUATION OF TEST-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT - An Industrial Case Study},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering - Volume 1: ENASE,},
year={2007},
pages={103-110},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002584401030110},
isbn={978-989-8111-10-4},
}
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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering - Volume 1: ENASE,
TI - EVALUATION OF TEST-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT - An Industrial Case Study
SN - 978-989-8111-10-4
AU - Wasmus H.
AU - Gross H.
PY - 2007
SP - 103
EP - 110
DO - 10.5220/0002584401030110