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Studying test-driven development and its retainment over a six-month time span
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- Baldassarre, Maria Teresa (author)
- University of Bari, ITA
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- Caivano, Danilo (author)
- University of Bari, ITA
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- Fucci, Davide, 1985- (author)
- Blekinge Tekniska Högskola,Institutionen för programvaruteknik
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- Juristo, Natalia (author)
- Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, ESP
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- Romano, Simone (author)
- University of Bari, ITA
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- Scanniello, Giuseppe (author)
- University of Basilicata, ITA
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- Turhan, Burak (author)
- University of Oulu, FIN
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- Elsevier Inc. 2021
- 2021
- English.
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In: Journal of Systems and Software. - : Elsevier Inc.. - 0164-1212 .- 1873-1228. ; 176
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Abstract
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- In this paper, we investigate the effect of TDD, as compared to a non-TDD approach, as well as its retainment (or retention) over a time span of (about) six months. To pursue these objectives, we conducted a (quantitative) longitudinal cohort study with 30 novice developers (i.e., third-year undergraduate students in Computer Science). We observed that TDD affects neither the external quality of software products nor developers’ productivity. However, we observed that the participants applying TDD produced significantly more tests, with a higher fault-detection capability, than those using a non-TDD approach. As for the retainment of TDD, we found that TDD is retained by novice developers for at least six months. © 2021 Elsevier Inc.
Subject headings
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Data- och informationsvetenskap -- Datavetenskap (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Computer and Information Sciences -- Computer Sciences (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- Longitudinal cohort study
- TDD
- Test-driven development
- Fault detection
- Cohort studies
- Detection capability
- External quality
- Test driven development
- Time span
- Undergraduate students
- Students
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- ref (subject category)
- art (subject category)
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