TDD: Theme & Variations (Kent Beck)

Test-driven development (TDD) has become a polarizing development practice. Claims about TDD range from “absurd” to “essential” to “damaging” to “joyous.” In this talk, we’ll take a step back and look at TDD in context, including its history, current practice, and potential future.

Outline of the session:

• History of TDD
• Canon TDD
• Variations: TCR, Exploratory, Mocks, Top-down, Bottom-up, Unit vs integration, Up-front
• Effects of TDD - anxiety, scope management, defect density, trust, responsibility

ABOUT KENT

Kent Beck is the rediscoverer of TDD, author of 9 books on programming including “Test-Driven Development: By Example”, and current artist & musician.

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- Twitter: https://twitter.com/KentBeck
- GitHub: https://github.com/KentBeck
- Website: https://www.kentbeck.com/
- Substack: https://substack.com/@kentbeck

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