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A Light in a Dark Place: Test-Driven Development with 3rd Party Packages

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Extreme Programming and Agile Methods — XP/Agile Universe 2002 (XP/Agile Universe 2002)

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Test-Driven Development is often described in the context of writing new software or adding functionality to existing pieces of software. This paper examines the role that Test-Driven Development can play when working with 3rd party packages. The paper documents using test-driven development to explore understand and verify functionality of an existing class library.

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  1. Thoughtworks, Inc., 651 W. Washington, Suite 600, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    James Newkirk

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    Don Wells

  2. Department of Computer Science, North Carolina State University, 1010 Main Campus Road, 407 EGRC, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA

    Laurie Williams

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Newkirk, J. (2002). A Light in a Dark Place: Test-Driven Development with 3rd Party Packages. In: Wells, D., Williams, L. (eds) Extreme Programming and Agile Methods — XP/Agile Universe 2002. XP/Agile Universe 2002. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2418. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45672-4_14

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