Test-driven learning: intrinsic integration of testing into the CS/SE curriculum
Proceedings of the 37th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
Scaffolding for multiple assignment projects in CS1 and CS2
Companion to the 23rd ACM SIGPLAN conference on Object-oriented programming systems languages and applications
ComTest: a tool to impart TDD and unit testing to introductory level programming
Proceedings of the fifteenth annual conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education
POPT: a problem-oriented programming and testing approach for novice students
Proceedings of the 2013 International Conference on Software Engineering
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Test-Driven Development is a design strategy where a set of tests over a class is defined prior to the implementation of that class. The goal is to use the tests to exercise the class being developed, to provide immediate feedback of the overall quality of the code, and to identify and correct bugs as they are written. Testing is usually performed with automated testing tools, such as JUnit, which give clear feedback about the status of the tests1. The test-first approach requires students to think about the problem, identify corner cases, analyze ways their code may fail, and evaluate the goodness of their design. This paper presents a tool for teaching CS1 using a "Test-First" approach that will allow students to construct their tests using a simple GUI interface. The goal is to give CS1 students the ability to do test-driven development independently.