Acceptance test driven development, or ATDD, is a collaborative practice wherein application developers, software users, and business analysts define automated acceptance criteria very early in the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

No matter what type of embedded system you build, you must test it. Tests give us a warm fuzzy feeling that our system works correctly under specific environmental and operational conditions. While ...

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 ...