DocumentCode
2066875
Title
Test driven development and the scientific method
Author
Mugridge, Rick
Author_Institution
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Auckland Univ., New Zealand
fYear
2003
fDate
25-28 June 2003
Firstpage
47
Lastpage
52
Abstract
The scientific method serves as a good metaphor for several practices in extreme programming (XP). We explore the commonalities and differences and show that the scientific method, by analogy, can be used to better understand test driven development (and vice versa).
Keywords
object-oriented methods; program testing; reverse engineering; software development management; software engineering; extreme programming; scientific method; software development; test driven development; Automatic control; Automatic testing; Computer science; Costs; Documentation; Manufacturing; Programming profession; Reproducibility of results; Software engineering; System testing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Agile Development Conference, 2003. ADC 2003. Proceedings of the
Print_ISBN
0-7695-2013-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ADC.2003.1231452
Filename
1231452
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