There is a test-first approach to software development, where three activities are tightly coupled: writing a unit test, writing code, and improving the test and code. Some practitioners use the shorthand of Red – Green – Refactor to refer to Test Driven Development (TDD). The first step in the process is to write a failing test–in many code editors, a failing test is shown in red font. The second step is to write code to make the test pass–which in many code editors changes the font color to green. The final step is improve, or “refactor,” the code.
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Authored by Philip Rogers
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