Test-Driven Development: By Example
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- Author：Kent Beck
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Summary
Quite simply， test-driven development is meant to eliminate fear in application development。 While some fear is healthy （often viewed as a conscience that tells programmers to be careful！）， the author believes that byproducts of fear include tentative， grumpy， and uncommunicative programmers who are unable to absorb constructive criticism。 When programming teams buy into TDD， they immediately see positive results。 They eliminate the fear involved in their jobs， and are better equipped to tackle the difficult challenges that face them。 TDD eliminates tentative traits， it teaches programmers to communicate， and it encourages team members to seek out criticism However， even the author admits that grumpiness must be worked out individually！ In short， the premise behind TDD is that code should be continually tested and refactored。 Kent Beck teaches programmers by example， so they can painlessly and dramatically increase the quality of their work。
Reviews
Timo Hermans
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In my honest opinion， this book can be summarised in one small blog， though the message it brings is one of the best in the industry
Gleb Kondratenko
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Отличные примеры пошаговой разработки опирающейся на тесты。
Eric
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Really enjoy Kent’s writing style。 Love the thin slices he takes through the process。 Makes me really rethink how I’m building up tests。
Yilmaz Aksoy
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TDD konusunda oldukça güzel bir kitap。 Verdiği örneklerden çok aradaki cümlelere dikkat edilirse， onlar üzerine düşünülürse kitaptan daha çok faydalanılabilir。 Bunun dışında her adımı açık açık anlatması düşünce yöntemi açısından iyi ama okuyucuya düşünecek bir şey bırakmama hissi vermesi açısından kötü olabilir。 Bir yıldız kırpmamın nedeni kitapta tam 27 adet "This page intentionally left blank" sayfası olması oldu。 Bir de kitabın sonundaki eklerde fibonacci dizisi programını TDD ile yaparken p TDD konusunda oldukça güzel bir kitap。 Verdiği örneklerden çok aradaki cümlelere dikkat edilirse， onlar üzerine düşünülürse kitaptan daha çok faydalanılabilir。 Bunun dışında her adımı açık açık anlatması düşünce yöntemi açısından iyi ama okuyucuya düşünecek bir şey bırakmama hissi vermesi açısından kötü olabilir。 Bir yıldız kırpmamın nedeni kitapta tam 27 adet "This page intentionally left blank" sayfası olması oldu。 Bir de kitabın sonundaki eklerde fibonacci dizisi programını TDD ile yaparken performans açısından çok kötü olan recursive bir çözüm bulması pek hoş olmamış。TDD konusunda çok kolay okunabilecek bir kitap。 Yazılım alanında çalışan herkese tavsiye ederim。 。。。more
Onur Uslu
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The idea in the book made a massive change in our software development mentality。 However， Beck could use better examples to explain the concept without going into so many details。 Despite everything， it is a must-read book。
Krzysztof
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In general， you could express TDD in simple words: write test -> write code to pass it -> refactor。 And this part is quite easy to understand。 Obviously， implementation for the specific application could be infinitely complicated。 And I believe in this book there were just too many simple words。Among the 3 chapters， chapter 1 and 2 for me is a huge boilerplate - not in terms of code specifics but in terms of application the same concepts to the same parts of an application to the same level of c In general， you could express TDD in simple words: write test -> write code to pass it -> refactor。 And this part is quite easy to understand。 Obviously， implementation for the specific application could be infinitely complicated。 And I believe in this book there were just too many simple words。Among the 3 chapters， chapter 1 and 2 for me is a huge boilerplate - not in terms of code specifics but in terms of application the same concepts to the same parts of an application to the same level of complication。 I understand that TDD is presented as a tough and repeated engineering task， but it doesn't have to cause the book to be hardly readable。Chapter 3 is an overview of testing concepts and real-life challenges when implementing TDD。 I would advise reading 3rd chapter to anybody interested in TDD， while 1st and 2nd only for true TDD fanatics。 。。。more
Claudia Lertora Ginés
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Excellent book。 The foundations it establishes for TDD are timeless。 Definitely recommend。
Christoph Kappel
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This is a really funny read and I think a good introduction into TDD， although I sometimes couldn't easily follow the refactoring steps in the money and the xUnit examples。Since I am already using TDD， the general idea and usage was clear to me。 Still， reading about the patterns and some concepts was most welcome。 This is a really funny read and I think a good introduction into TDD， although I sometimes couldn't easily follow the refactoring steps in the money and the xUnit examples。Since I am already using TDD， the general idea and usage was clear to me。 Still， reading about the patterns and some concepts was most welcome。 。。。more
Varun Singh
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Test Driven Development: By Example explains very well the TDD cycle， its benefits， and how to use it in practice。 It also gives lots of good advice about software engineering in general and entertains with witty humor throughout the book。 However， the book discusses neither integration testing nor UI testing。 I would have also preferred for the book to go into more detail about certain topics， like Mock Object。 Overall， the book introduces Test Driven Development nicely。
Rémi
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You must read this book， examples are really outdated， but this book is very important to read to understand this development practice 。。
Dardan Bekteshi
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Apparently I'd had a lot of misconceptions regarding TDD before。 This book was an eye-opener。 It is a unique opportunity to pair-program with Kent （how cool would it be do to that for real？） and get a feel of how he thinks and splits larger problems into small ones， and tackles them one test at a time。 I read TDD By Example after reading Kent's Extreme Programming book （which you have to order， like right now！）， and my expectations were quite high， but he delivered again。 I just love his writing Apparently I'd had a lot of misconceptions regarding TDD before。 This book was an eye-opener。 It is a unique opportunity to pair-program with Kent （how cool would it be do to that for real？） and get a feel of how he thinks and splits larger problems into small ones， and tackles them one test at a time。 I read TDD By Example after reading Kent's Extreme Programming book （which you have to order， like right now！）， and my expectations were quite high， but he delivered again。 I just love his writing style and his subtle humour。 。。。more
Erdogan Celik
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There are many useful practices to follow and expertise Unit Testing。 However， the content of the book is too specific for Java。 I would not recommend if you want to learn Unit test rather than Java and JUnit。
AcidGirl
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Reading group at work。 TDD is super helpful in getting a grip on software development， but it seems to be a prerequisit of books about programming to be hopeless didactically。 The best point to start is hidden in the appendix， the style is inconsistent， and the funny remarks and the name-dropping gets annoying after the first chapters。
Rostislav Vatolin
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Boring book。 Read it from start to finish， didn't find anything I didn't know。 Boring book。 Read it from start to finish， didn't find anything I didn't know。 。。。more
MaryNfs
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It's a good book for understanding the philosophy of TDD， especially the last chapter （mastering TDD）。Java examples might not very clear for those who are not familiar with it。 It's a good book for understanding the philosophy of TDD， especially the last chapter （mastering TDD）。Java examples might not very clear for those who are not familiar with it。 。。。more
Marcin Golenia
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3/5 is stiłl more than a half。 The book has a good content but I feel disappointed， why？3/5 If you already are into TDD and you have some refactoring skills you won't learn much。 You can organize your knowledge and habits and that's it。 5/5 if you are no sayer to tests or you begin with software development。 If you do "test last development" or you don't test at all this is highly recommended book。I didn't like the humour - it felt really artificial。 What is more the other book I read by Beck - 3/5 is stiłl more than a half。 The book has a good content but I feel disappointed， why？3/5 If you already are into TDD and you have some refactoring skills you won't learn much。 You can organize your knowledge and habits and that's it。 5/5 if you are no sayer to tests or you begin with software development。 If you do "test last development" or you don't test at all this is highly recommended book。I didn't like the humour - it felt really artificial。 What is more the other book I read by Beck - XP was far more better written and organised。The price you pay for the book is not fair。 The topic is broad。 You may try to find answers for your questions which you have been asking for many months if not years and you won't find them。 For me the free uncle bob blog posts about tdd influenced me more then whole book。The money chapter is both good an bad - good because it learns you small steps and one problem at time attitude （but so does xunit chapter）。 Bad because it don't address the use case from introduction。 What about existing code？ What about existing tests？ What about persistence？ Apis？ It felt like a lie - First Beck says we have to change something crucial in existing app but then Beck behaves like doing medium-sized change in greenfield project。Note that every opinion is biased so is mine and I tried to address that in the review。 After 10 years in IT I gave 3/5 but I am sure that I would give it 5/5 with a half of the expierence。 。。。more
Akash Jain
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Simply Superb！！！
David
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Only read the first part of the book。 Enough to understand well TDD and how to apply it。 Since I read it I apply it to my everyday work and it's brilliant。 Only read the first part of the book。 Enough to understand well TDD and how to apply it。 Since I read it I apply it to my everyday work and it's brilliant。 。。。more
Victor Rodríguez
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A must for TDD beginners and more experienced practitioners。 I read it after three years of TDD practice and still gave me lot of wisdom pearls
Rafael Martins
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Overall it's a good entry-level book， and I suggest it to everyone who's getting into TDD。 I started reading this as a choice of my book club and I just glad I did。 The author tries to give simple explanations， always trying to create some analogies to help understand the concept and ways to implement it。However， in some moments of the book， it seems that the ideas he had come from nowhere without much explanation。。。 a bit frustrating to be honest。 Some were kinda counter-intuitive and not so "t Overall it's a good entry-level book， and I suggest it to everyone who's getting into TDD。 I started reading this as a choice of my book club and I just glad I did。 The author tries to give simple explanations， always trying to create some analogies to help understand the concept and ways to implement it。However， in some moments of the book， it seems that the ideas he had come from nowhere without much explanation。。。 a bit frustrating to be honest。 Some were kinda counter-intuitive and not so "tiny-step" as he normally tries to embed the reader。Besides that， you should be able to have an overall overview of what's TDD and have some "recipes" on how to achieve it。 。。。more
Facu DAranno
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Muy buen libro para los inicios de TDD， entenderlo más a fondo y conocer los pilares。 La primer parte se pasa volando ， la parte de xunit no me aporto tanto， y la tercer parte es una buena guía de patrones y formas de encarar tdd para tener a mano
Grehgarious
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I appreciated this book and I found it very helpful。 The writing was more honest and thoughtful than I expected。 It was nice having such granular steps and thorough explanations。 I'm really trying to incorporate what I learned into my programming。 I appreciated this book and I found it very helpful。 The writing was more honest and thoughtful than I expected。 It was nice having such granular steps and thorough explanations。 I'm really trying to incorporate what I learned into my programming。 。。。more
Steve
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I personally found part 1 to be much more engaging and useful than the rest。 Admittedly， I've never programmed in Python which certainly had a negative impact on my reading of part 2。 I personally found part 1 to be much more engaging and useful than the rest。 Admittedly， I've never programmed in Python which certainly had a negative impact on my reading of part 2。 。。。more
Yannick Grenzinger
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Surely one the best way to really discover and understand TDD。 It's mainly 3 main parts : one is a very didactic introduction around a Money domain object， the second one is an impressive how to re-implement xUnit the main tool used to do test in TDD， the third one is a list of TDD pattern （from design pattern to refactoring）。Overall it's a very practical， by example and deep way to discover TDD by one of its best promoter。 Surely one the best way to really discover and understand TDD。 It's mainly 3 main parts : one is a very didactic introduction around a Money domain object， the second one is an impressive how to re-implement xUnit the main tool used to do test in TDD， the third one is a list of TDD pattern （from design pattern to refactoring）。Overall it's a very practical， by example and deep way to discover TDD by one of its best promoter。 。。。more
Adam Szatyin
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I think this book is a pretty decent introduction to start with testing and TDD， but after some years of programming （and testing） experience I didn't found it so useful。 I think this book is a pretty decent introduction to start with testing and TDD， but after some years of programming （and testing） experience I didn't found it so useful。 。。。more
Yaroslav Draga
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A great introduction to TDD concepts。 Kent Beck explains the concept using a practical approach in the first part of the book and you are going to write an application using TDD。 Also， the book contains helpful testing patterns that you can apply to real work。
Paulo José
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This book has a great essence and so good advices。 Nonetheless， the main TDD example（Money example） was poor and confusing， besides that， I think some sections should be removed in a new edition。 For example， the book teaches how to refactor a piece of code adding a new parameter to method， I found it unnecessary。 By the way， I would recommend this book to any developer who wants to be a real professional and I would suggest to Kent Beck to write a new updated edition。
Ed
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Pretty technical， so not really for non-devs， though I got some ideas on how to Coach teams and individuals。
Dmytro Chasovskyi
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I know TDD before this book， I also tried using it in the course works and at work but this book changed the game for me completely。First， this book is easy to read and understand。Second， this book goes in tiny little steps， as if I have a pair-programming session with the author。Finally， it connected disconnected dots in my head， so I could sit and start one of the new projects with TDD and all nitty-gritty details of it in mind。This book didn't become obsolete for many years and it still worth I know TDD before this book， I also tried using it in the course works and at work but this book changed the game for me completely。First， this book is easy to read and understand。Second， this book goes in tiny little steps， as if I have a pair-programming session with the author。Finally， it connected disconnected dots in my head， so I could sit and start one of the new projects with TDD and all nitty-gritty details of it in mind。This book didn't become obsolete for many years and it still worth reading。 。。。more
Svart
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