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Understanding the dynamics of test-driven development

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ICSE Companion 2014: Companion Proceedings of the 36th International Conference on Software Engineering

Pages 690 - 693

https://doi.org/10.1145/2591062.2591086

Published: 31 May 2014 Publication History

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Test-driven development (TDD) has been the subject of several software engineering experiments. However the controversial results about its effects still need to be contextualized. This doctoral research will show how TDD could be better assessed by studying to what extent developers follow its cycle and for what kind of development tasks. This knowledge is foreseen to be beneficial for software industries willing to adopt or adapt TDD.

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Knight DTorri SBhowmik T(2023)A Preliminary Critical Review of the Impact of Three Popular Development Practices on Source Code Maintainability2023 IEEE 47th Annual Computers, Software, and Applications Conference (COMPSAC)10.1109/COMPSAC57700.2023.00252(1633-1637)Online publication date: Jun-2023
https://doi.org/10.1109/COMPSAC57700.2023.00252

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Understanding the dynamics of test-driven development
1. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management
    1. Software verification and validation
      1. Software defect analysis
        Software testing and debugging
  2. Software notations and tools

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ICSE Companion 2014: Companion Proceedings of the 36th International Conference on Software Engineering

May 2014

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ISBN:9781450327688

DOI:10.1145/2591062

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University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
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Knight DTorri SBhowmik T(2023)A Preliminary Critical Review of the Impact of Three Popular Development Practices on Source Code Maintainability2023 IEEE 47th Annual Computers, Software, and Applications Conference (COMPSAC)10.1109/COMPSAC57700.2023.00252(1633-1637)Online publication date: Jun-2023
https://doi.org/10.1109/COMPSAC57700.2023.00252

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