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# Test Driven Development: By Example (Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Beck))

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Review: Allows you to judge TDD for yourself - Let me say first off that I agree with much that Kent Beck has to say: 1. Testing should be done along with the coding. 2. Use regression tests to be confident of making changes. 3. In many ways testing can be used as documentation since it is much more definitive than specification documents. 4. Testing should be used to have the client sign off on a product. In reading the book I learned the specifics of how tests are designed in TDD. It seems reasonable and I am going to make a conscious effort at designing my tests in the way suggested. Where I disagree is in the use of the tests to drive software design. In the first part of the book, which I think is the most important part, a very good coding problem is analyzed - it is realistic, limited in scope and far from trivial. I followed along until I reached a point where things stopped making sense. I skipped ahead to see where things were headed and then things became clear. What is being advocated is a type of bottom up design approach. This may work for some. It may even be that the book faithfully reproduced Beck's reasoning process. It does not work for me. I first have to see the larger picture, what he refers to as the "metaphor." The whole thing would have been much clearer to me if at the beginning I was told that one approach to summing money in different currencies would be to use an array to store the information but that instead the implementation would create a list similar to how things are done in LISP. I urge the reader to judge for him/herself. Like I said this is a good example to go through. I even learned some things about more advanced uses of object oriented programming. As for software design I am going to stick with dataflow diagrams. They are still the best tool that I know of for putting together software, UML notwithstanding.
Review: A must have for developers - This book is a must have if you really want to dig into the practice of TDD. Kent Beck describes how you should begin, how to step through tests and production code and comes with handy examples. The book begins with a full example of how to create and evolve software completely test driven. You'll learn how to write the tests, how to fill leaps if you don't have any clue how to write the next test on the list with intermediate tests and you see, how easy design decisions can be applied or reverted if necessary. At the end of the book there is also a discussion about what TDD is all about, how you can apply it to your own skills/practices and what you have to look for when applying it onto new but also existing applications. I liked reading it very much.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN  | 0321146530 |
| Best Sellers Rank | #156,564 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #26 in Software Testing #111 in Software Development (Books) #328 in Computer Software (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars (521) |
| Dimensions  | 7.3 x 0.6 x 9.1 inches |
| Edition  | 1st |
| ISBN-10  | 9780321146533 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-0321146533 |
| Item Weight  | 14.4 ounces |
| Language  | English |
| Part of series  | Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Beck) |
| Print length  | 240 pages |
| Publication date  | November 8, 2002 |
| Publisher  | Addison-Wesley Professional |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Allows you to judge TDD for yourself
*by M***N on April 17, 2003*

Let me say first off that I agree with much that Kent Beck has to say: 1. Testing should be done along with the coding. 2. Use regression tests to be confident of making changes. 3. In many ways testing can be used as documentation since it is much more definitive than specification documents. 4. Testing should be used to have the client sign off on a product. In reading the book I learned the specifics of how tests are designed in TDD. It seems reasonable and I am going to make a conscious effort at designing my tests in the way suggested. Where I disagree is in the use of the tests to drive software design. In the first part of the book, which I think is the most important part, a very good coding problem is analyzed - it is realistic, limited in scope and far from trivial. I followed along until I reached a point where things stopped making sense. I skipped ahead to see where things were headed and then things became clear. What is being advocated is a type of bottom up design approach. This may work for some. It may even be that the book faithfully reproduced Beck's reasoning process. It does not work for me. I first have to see the larger picture, what he refers to as the "metaphor." The whole thing would have been much clearer to me if at the beginning I was told that one approach to summing money in different currencies would be to use an array to store the information but that instead the implementation would create a list similar to how things are done in LISP. I urge the reader to judge for him/herself. Like I said this is a good example to go through. I even learned some things about more advanced uses of object oriented programming. As for software design I am going to stick with dataflow diagrams. They are still the best tool that I know of for putting together software, UML notwithstanding.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A must have for developers
*by M***R on September 30, 2012*

This book is a must have if you really want to dig into the practice of TDD. Kent Beck describes how you should begin, how to step through tests and production code and comes with handy examples. The book begins with a full example of how to create and evolve software completely test driven. You'll learn how to write the tests, how to fill leaps if you don't have any clue how to write the next test on the list with intermediate tests and you see, how easy design decisions can be applied or reverted if necessary. At the end of the book there is also a discussion about what TDD is all about, how you can apply it to your own skills/practices and what you have to look for when applying it onto new but also existing applications. I liked reading it very much.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Well Presented
*by G***E on August 16, 2025*

A great exposition on the idea of developing code based on continuous testing. As long as each test passed during the development, did the code will have a high assurance of being correct. Author did a great job of presenting material.

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