Test Driven Development (TDD) is one of the cornerstones of Extreme Programming.

It teaches us how tests can be used to drive intuitive design, readable code, and develop good quality software.

Agile and Extreme Programming are both built on the philosophy of short, iterative feedback loops, and TDD covers the shortest version of this iterative cycle - writing a test and making it pass.

This course introduces you to TDDby using hands-on examples. At each step, the exercise will help you learn a new concept.

About the teaching Style:

This course uses Socratic learning techniques, where you learn by actually solving coding assignments. It is structured in a way that you can do the first few chapters, and gain enough practical knowledge to apply it on a project. The coding assignments give you the confidence to directly use this knowledge during your job or your college.

If you already know a bit of TDD:

If you already know a little bit of Test Driven Development, you can directly start from Section 5, which introduces a slightly more in-depth example of Test Driven Development.

If you're new to Unit Testing

This course assumes that you are already aware of Unit Testing concepts. If you're not familiar with Unit Testing, start by doing the JUnit introduction tutorial, and then do this course.