Context Test driven development (TDD) has been extensively researched and compared to
traditional approaches (test last development, TLD). Existing literature reviews show varying …

Test driven development (TDD) is one of the basic practices of agile software development
and both academia and practitioners claim that TDD, to a certain extent, improves the quality …

This paper provides a systematic meta-analysis of 27 studies that investigate the impact of
Test-Driven Development (TDD) on external code quality and productivity. The results …

CONTEXT: The number of students enrolled in universities at standard and on-line
programming courses is rapidly increasing. This calls for automated evaluation of students …

Agile methods are gaining more and more interest both in industry and in research. Many
industries are transforming their way of working from traditional waterfall projects with long …

CONTEXT: Agile software development with its emphasis on producing working code
through frequent releases, extensive client interactions and iterative development has …

Several techniques and tools have been proposed for the automatic generation of test
cases. Usually, these tools are evaluated in terms of fault-revealing or coverage capability …

Probar el software es una de las actividades más importantes en el ciclo de vida del
desarrollo, pero tradicionalmente se ha llevado a cabo al final del proceso, cuando el …

BACKGROUND: Test-First programming is regarded as one of the software development
practices that can make unit tests to be more rigorous, thorough and effective in fault …

Background: Writing unit tests is one of the primary activities in test-driven development. Yet,
the existing reviews report few evidence supporting or refuting the effect of this development …