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This is a very poorly researched article, and the previous was as well. With people like Capers Jones and others doing piles of studies 30+ years ago, I'm conf
by codemac 9y ago
This is a very poorly researched article, and the previous was as well.
With people like Capers Jones and others doing piles of studies 30+ years ago, I'm confused why someone says there are no studies on TDD.
My bet is the author doesn't have access to the relevant historical papers, and doesn't know they exist.
- davedx 9y agoCould you provide some citations please?
- codemac 9y agoLook up the talk "what we know about software engineering" on YouTube. Also, search for Mills, Cleanroom, and obviously Capers Jones as I mentioned. I'm on my phone so I can't link a lot, but I maintain that the author should do a lit review of software quality in engineering, and they'll get better conclusions
- hwayne 9y agoTDD is only ~15 years old. Cleanroom and correct-by-construction both have some solid studies supporting them, but take very different approaches than TDD does. They tend to be more rigorous and also take longer so again, it's a case-by-case basis thing.
- codemac 9y ago> They tend to be more rigorous and also take longer so again, it's a case-by-case basis thing I'm not sure if we're taking away the same things from these studies, as their whole conclusion is it actually takes less time and costs less, due to early wins in quality. The papers claim it's not a case-by-case thing.