Exploring influences on student adherence to test-driven development

Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, ITiCSE

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 105-110

  Buffardi, Kevin ^a   Edwards, Stephen H ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adherence; affect; agile; automated testing; extreme programming; junit; procrastination; software engineering; test driven development (tdd); web cat

Indexed keywords

ADHERENCE; AFFECT; AGILE; AUTOMATED TESTING; EXTREME PROGRAMMING; JUNIT; PROCRASTINATION; TEST DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT; WEB-CAT;

INNOVATION; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; STUDENTS;

ENGINEERING RESEARCH;

EID: 84864675172     PISSN: 1942647X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2325296.2325324     Document Type: Conference Paper

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