Test-Driven Development: Can it work for spreadsheets?

Proceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 25-29

  McDaid, Kevin ^a   Rust, Alan ^a   Bishop, Brian ^a  

^a DUNDALK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Spreadsheet development; Test Driven Development

Indexed keywords

COBALT; CODES (SYMBOLS); ENGINEERING; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS; TESTING;

ASSOCIATED TOOLS; CASE STUDIES; DEVELOPMENT TECHNIQUES; KEY FACTORS; QUALITY SOFTWARES; SPREADSHEET ENGINEERINGS; SPREADSHEET ERRORS; STRUCTURED APPROACHES; SUPPORTING TOOLS;

SPREADSHEETS;

EID: 57149119506     PISSN: 02705257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1370847.1370853     Document Type: Conference Paper

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