Implications of test-driven development: a pilot study

Authors:
Reid Kaufmann;David Janzen
Affiliations:
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Wichita, KS;Bethel College, North Newton, KS
Venue:
OOPSLA '03 Companion of the 18th annual ACM SIGPLAN conference on Object-oriented programming, systems, languages, and applications
Year:
2003

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Abstract

A Spring 2003 experiment examines the claims that test-driven development or test-first programming improves software quality and programmer confidence. The results indicate support for these claims and inform larger future experiments.