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test-driven development

software development methodology involving repetition of a very short development cycle: requirements are turned into very specific test cases, then the software is improved to pass the new tests, only
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test-driven development

Summary

test-driven development is a software development methodology[1]. It draws 4,789 Wikipedia views per month (software_development_methodology category, ranking #2 of 8).[2]

Key Facts

  • test-driven development's instance of is recorded as software development methodology[3].
  • test-driven development is a type of software development[4].
  • test-driven development comprises unit testing[5].
  • test-driven development's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/tdd[6].

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Definition and Type

test-driven development's instance of is recorded as software development methodology[3]. It is a type of software development[4].

Use and Application

test-driven development comprises unit testing[5].

Why It Matters

test-driven development draws 4,789 Wikipedia views per month (software_development_methodology category, ranking #2 of 8).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7] It is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

Related Entities

software development

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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