Desenvolvimento de software guiado por testes de aceitação usando EasyAccept.

Abstract

Acceptance Test Driven Development (ATDD) is an emerging agile methodology to develop software which has a number of advantages, including confidence in the software being developed, automated synchronization between analysis and code, reduction of project communication problems and developer focus on client requirements. It is particularly suited to outsource projects and to teach software development to Computer Science students. As it is new, however, there is still a lack of proper coverage of this methodology in the literature. Furthermore, the area of patterns for ATDD still needs to be started. This dissertation involves performing an investigative study on best practices and patterns for ATDD, defining the application of the methodology with a software development process point of view and summarizing gathered experience with ATDD as a means of teaching software development. The result of these activities was an introductory text on ATDD, which we hope will serve not only to help newcomers yield more from the methodology, but also to divulge its benefits. The examples in the text use EasyAccept, a scripted acceptance testing tool, as a means of exposing the methodology.