Tdd

The team that wrote perfect code

A while back I was brought in to teach TDD to a team. I started the way I usually do, by explaining that TDD is a quality activity, not a testing activity. The goal is higher quality, both in the design and in the actual code and the tests are largely just a side-effect, albeit a very useful one.

Test driving prime factors in Go / Testify

This article will show how to “test drive” the prime factors kata in Go with Testify. Testing in Go is built right in, which is great. It’s a very bare-bones implementation though so adding Testify to the mix makes it a lot easier to write your tests.

Test driving prime factors in Java / JUnit

This article will show how to “test drive” the prime factors kata in Java with JUnit, an xUnit style unit testing framework.

Test driving prime factors in Elixir / ESpec

This article will show how to “test drive” the prime factors kata in Elixir with ESpec, a spec style unit testing framework.

Test driving prime factors in Ruby / RSpec

This article will show how to “test drive” the prime factors kata in Ruby with RSpec, a spec style unit testing framework.

Test Driven Development (TDD): A design activity

Test Driven Development (TDD) is often though of as a testing activity but it really isn’t. It’s a design activity that leaves a bunch of automated tests behind in its wake. It may sound as if we’re spending a lot of time on “tests” but we’re really focusing on the behaviour we want and allowing that behaviour to drive the design of our system.