A Guided Path to Test-Driven Development - TDD

I do not recall who introduced me to Test-Driven Development (TDD), but I have always been interested in the testing aspect of software development. I vividly remember reading the iconic book Test-Driven Development By Example by Kent Beck on my commute. Every page was a discovery, and I felt a sense of frustration, as the baby steps conflicted with my confidence that my code would work.

However, given the context of my early career, I did not have the opportunity to explore TDD further. The places I worked at unfortunately cared more about delivering tasks quickly than sacrificing time for testing. I share more about my TDD history in a blog post, but I was astonished by the lack of care for testing among practitioners. My intention here is to share my previous experience with writing tests and resources that I think are helpful. This is not a definitive guide to testing, but rather a structured way to get started.

Table of contents

References

• A Frontend Web Developer’s Guide to Testing - Explore leading web test automation frameworks and their future driven by low-code and AI
• ARE YOU NOT USING TDD?! - PART 1
• ARE YOU NOT USING TDD?! – PART 2 (Legacy code)
• Is TDD dead ?
• A working skeleton to get started with outside-in TDD