Tdd Glossary

Browse 4 tdd terms defined in plain English, from the cultural dictionary of computing.

4 Tdd Terms

Mocking
Mocking is a testing technique where fake objects or functions stand in for real dependencies, allowing code to be tested in isolation without hitting...
Ping Pong Programming
A pairing style where one person writes a failing test, the other writes the code to pass it, and the roles keep alternating back and forth. It is closely...
Red Bar
A failing test state, often shown visually in red, especially in TDD workflows where failure is expected before the implementation is written. More broadly it...
Stub
A minimal, hard-coded stand-in for a real dependency that returns predetermined data when called, used in testing to isolate the unit under test from external...

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