Mock objects have been well covered in various literature, notably in Astels’ Test Driven Development: A Practical Guide. We won’t repeat that discussion here; instead we provide a brief description ...

There are some good reasons that test-driven development isn’t as widely used as it is discussed. Everyone is talking about test-driven development. Is anyone actually doing it? TDD has been embraced ...

Spec-driven development (SDD) offers a structured approach to AI-assisted coding by prioritizing detailed specifications before any code is written. Unlike “vibe coding,” which relies on iterative ...

In the technology field, what seems niche today often becomes tomorrow’s industry standard—and that’s definitely true of software development. From test-driven design and AI-powered code reviews to ...

Programmer and author Dave Johnson shared an anecdote on his Weblog last year about what happened when his 5-year-old son walked up behind him while he was coding. “He saw the JUnit green bar on the ...

Simon Maple, Founding Developer Relations at Tessl, explains how it is re-thinking AI development workflow from the ground up, starting with better specifications. A key is keeping developers at the ...

What if the AI tools you rely on for coding could finally stop feeling like unpredictable assistants and start acting like reliable collaborators? For years, developers have wrestled with the ...