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How to use unit tests as a source of information?
A colleague of mine was one a seminar about agile development, where he heard it is possible to use unit tests as a technical documentation. Something like using unit tests as example how to use the ...
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What arguments can I use to “sell” the BDD concept to a team reluctant to adopt it?
I am a bit of a vocal proponent of the Behaviour Driven Development methodology (aka BDD). I've been applying BDD for a couple of years now, and have adopted StoryQ as my framework of choice when ...
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What are the organizational benefits of TDD over functional development backed by unit tests?
I've heard of TDD as an organizational development paradigm, where all developers are asked to let testing drive development, and I've also heard of organizations who don't embrace TDD so long as unit ...
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How can Agile methodologies be adapted to High Volume processing system development?
I am developing high volume processing systems. Like mathematical models that calculate various parameters based on millions of records, calculated derived fields over milions of records, process huge ...
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Looking for statistics on automated testing, continuous integration and refactoring usage
Are there any credible sources of information on the adoption of agile techniques like automated testing, continuous integration and refactoring?
Of those that are using unit testing, how many ...
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At what point would you drop some of your principles of software development for the sake of more money?
I'd like to throw this question out there to interestingly see where the medium is.
I'm going to admit that in my last 12 months, I picked up TDD and a lot of the Agile values in software ...
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Who does test-driven development?
I've been working in the enterprise space for the past 4½ years and have noticed that generally speaking, enterprises are not conducive environments for the test-first style of development. Projects ...