{"product_id":"design-driven-testing-test-smarter-not-harder-9781430229438","title":"Design Driven Testing: Test Smarter, Not Harder","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe groundbreaking book \u003cem\u003eDesign Driven Testing\u003c\/em\u003e brings sanity back to the software development process by flipping around the concept of Test Driven Development (TDD)--restoring the concept of using testing to verify a design instead of pretending that unit tests are a replacement for design. Anyone who feels that TDD is \"Too Damn Difficult\" will appreciate this book.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDesign Driven Testing\u003c\/em\u003e shows that, by combining a forward-thinking development process with cutting-edge automation, testing can be a finely targeted, business-driven, rewarding effort. In other words, you'll learn how to test smarter, not harder.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eApplies a feedback-driven approach to each stage of the project lifecycle. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIllustrates a lightweight and effective approach using a core subset of UML. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFollows a real-life example project using Java and Flex\/ActionScript. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents bonus chapters for advanced DDTers covering unit-test antipatterns (and their opposite, \"test-conscious\" design patterns), and showing how to create your own test transformation templates in Enterprise Architect. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matt Stephens,Doug Rosenberg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Apress\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/17\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.28h x 7.48w x 0.78d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781430229438\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMatt Stephens is a Java developer, project leader, and technical architect with a financial organization based in central London. He's been developing software commercially for over 15 years, and has led many agile projects through successive customer releases. He has spoken at a number of software conferences on object-oriented development topics, and his writing appears regularly in a variety of software journals and websites, including The Register and ObjectiveView. Matt is the co-author of Extreme Programming Refactored: The Case Against XP (Apress, 2003) with Doug Rosenberg, Agile Development with ICONIX Process (Apress, 2005) with Doug Rosenberg and Mark Collins-Cope, and Use Case Driven Object Modeling with UML: Theory and Practice with Doug Rosenberg (Apress, 2007). Catch Matt online at www.softwarereality.com.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Apress","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44462482194547,"sku":"9781430229438","price":84.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_7b8a6b57-afbc-4623-acee-31a621a3c6ee.jpg?v=1773932008","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/design-driven-testing-test-smarter-not-harder-9781430229438","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}