ferrox-test-driven-development

You can enforce test-driven development by adopting a strict red-green-refactor workflow that requires writing a failing test before any production code. This ensures minimal implementation and reduces regressions by making behavior explicit upfront.

The best way to capture regression tests for bug fixes is to write a failing test that reproduces the bug before applying the fix. This testing discipline verifies the exact behavior and ensures the regression is permanently protected against.

No, you should avoid testing mock behavior in a strict TDD workflow. This approach requires real-behavior testing and strict avoidance of mocking without understanding dependencies, ensuring you validate actual system interactions rather than test-only production methods.

The red-green-refactor cycle in unit testing works by first writing a failing test, then implementing the smallest code change to make it pass, and finally cleaning up the code. This discipline ensures reliable verification of behavior and safer code shipping.

You should reconsider test-first development for refactoring if your workflow cannot support minimal implementation steps or real-behavior testing. The approach strictly prohibits adding test-only production methods and requires reliable verification before code changes.

No, test-driven development explicitly requires strict avoidance of adding test-only production methods. It enforces real-behavior testing and minimal implementation to ensure unit tests verify actual application behavior without relying on artificial test scaffolding.