What Is TDD and Why It Is Not Unit Testing: Executive Briefing

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Amy Dredge

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01 - Module Outline

01 - Course Overview - What to Expect.mp4

02:21

02 - Increase Consistency with Automated Tests.mp4

01:37

03 - Change QA with Automated Tests and CI.mp4

02:03

04 - What Is TDD.mp4

02:25

05 - Differentiating TDD from Unit Testing.mp4

03:15

02 - What the Research Says About Quality and Productivity

06 - Claims of TDD.mp4

02:29

07 - Research Measurements.mp4

01:37

08 - Research Results - Quality.mp4

01:48

09 - Research Results - Productivity.mp4

02:12

10 - Research Conclusions.mp4

01:18

03 - Deciding When and When Not to Adopt

11 - Problems TDD Can Help.mp4

03:52

12 - Problems TDD Cannot Help.mp4

02:17

04 - How to Proceed When Adopting TDD

13 - Measuring Success with TDD.mp4

02:36

14 - Getting Started with TDD.mp4

02:28

Description

In this course, you will gain foundational knowledge of test-driven development and why it is different from unit testing.

What You'll Learn?

Tech leaders need a fundamental understanding of the tools and technologies their teams use to build solutions. In this course, What Is TDD and Why It Is Not Unit Testing: Executive Briefing, you will gain foundational knowledge of test-driven development and why it is different from unit testing. First, you will learn what TDD is and how it is different from other testing strategies. Next, you will learn what research around TDD exists - what it tells us and what it leaves unanswered. Finally, you will discover when TDD does and does not make sense for an organization or project, and how to get started. When you’re finished with this course, you will have a framework to decide if and when to use TDD, and the ability to lead TDD efforts in your organization.

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Amy Dredge

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Amy stepped into college without having written a single line of code, but after seeing her first application run, she quickly fell in love with writing software. She has enjoyed working on highly-collaborative cross-functional product teams as a software craftsman, particularly at Pluralsight. Currently an Engineering Manager at Pluralsight, she is passionate about helping others learn and improve their craft. Her passions include TDD, pair programming, lean development, sharing knowledge with others, and continually improving herself and her workplace.

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Pluralsight, LLC is an American privately held online education company that offers a variety of video training courses for software developers, IT administrators, and creative professionals through its website. Founded in 2004 by Aaron Skonnard, Keith Brown, Fritz Onion, and Bill Williams, the company has its headquarters in Farmington, Utah. As of July 2018, it uses more than 1,400 subject-matter experts as authors, and offers more than 7,000 courses in its catalog. Since first moving its courses online in 2007, the company has expanded, developing a full enterprise platform, and adding skills assessment modules.