test-driven development

Software development methodology involving repetition of a very short development cycle: requirements are turned into very specific test cases, then the software is improved to pass the new tests, only

Entitysoftware development methodologyQ950250

Also known as TDD

Instance of: software development methodology
Subclass of: software development

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Test-driven development (TDD) is a way to write source code that involves writing an automated unit-level test case that fails, then writing just enough code to make the test pass, then refactoring both the test code and the production code, then repeating with another new test case.

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