Programming Foundations: Test-Driven Development
This course provides a comprehensive understanding of test-driven development (TDD), a formal process that allows you to build testing into your daily routine. It emphasizes the importance of running tests many times a day, providing instant feedback on the quality of your code. The course covers what makes a good test, the importance of failure over success, and how to measure and repeatedly run tests. It also explores the jargon of TDD, including test suites, test harnesses, mock and stub objects, and more. Additionally, the course provides insights into how TDD is used in common programming languages and environments, and the tools and frameworks that exist to help you succeed. The course ultimately emphasizes the time and cost savings that a good TDD workflow can provide.
Skills for certificate:
Java
JUnit
Testing
Problem Solving
Critical Thinking
Programming Foundations: Test-Driven Development
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Description
This course provides a comprehensive understanding of test-driven development (TDD), a formal process that allows you to build testing into your daily routine. It emphasizes the importance of running tests many times a day, providing instant feedback on the quality of your code. The course covers what makes a good test, the importance of failure over success, and how to measure and repeatedly run tests. It also explores the jargon of TDD, including test suites, test harnesses, mock and stub objects, and more. Additionally, the course provides insights into how TDD is used in common programming languages and environments, and the tools and frameworks that exist to help you succeed. The course ultimately emphasizes the time and cost savings that a good TDD workflow can provide.
Learning Objectives
- Understanding the concept of test-driven development (TDD) and its role in Agile
- Learning about xUnit and JUnit frameworks
- Writing effective test cases
- Navigating the iterative red-green-refactor cycle in TDD
- Refactoring to improve the design of the code
- Understanding the structure of tests and the use of assertions
- Learning how to test exceptions
- Exploring various TDD tools and frameworks
- Understanding assertion frameworks
- Learning about test doubles and mocking