Test-Driven Development By Example

cover of Test-Driven Development By Example Test Driven Development (The Addison-Wesley Signature Series)
Kent Beck
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The premise of this book is to design organically (No grand plans).

Programming is reduced to the sequence

  • write a test
  • write code that passes the test
  • clean up that code (remove any duplication)

Much of the book is about getting into and keeping a good programming mindset - one nice tip is to always leave a failing test at the end of the day (this give you something concrete to start on the next day).

This book has changed the way I work (a bit).

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