What Do We Know about Test-Driven Development?

  • Authors:
  • Forrest Shull;Grigori Melnik;Burak Turhan;Lucas Layman;Madeline Diep;Hakan Erdogmus

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Maryland;Microsoft;University of Oulu;University of Maryland;University of Nebraska-Lincoln;Kalemun Research

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Software
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

TDD proponents assert that frequent, incremental testing not only improves the delivered code's quality but also generates a cleaner design. The authors present results from a systematic literature review as well as commentary on the results from a TDD expert's experience on field projects.