tdd-cycle

The test-driven development cycle is a red-green-refactor workflow that guides implementation by writing failing tests first, making them pass, and then cleaning up the code to reduce defects and ease maintenance.

To apply a red-green-refactor workflow, you write a failing test defining the desired behavior, implement the minimum code to make it pass, and then refactor the code while keeping tests green to validate design and ensure quality assurance.

Yes, you can use test-driven development for bug fixes by writing a failing test that reproduces the specific bug, then implementing the code fix to make the test pass, ensuring the defect is resolved and verified.

Yes, this TDD workflow integrates with ticket workflows to track acceptance criteria and enforces consistent commit discipline, ensuring that development progress and testing cycles align with project management requirements.

A structured test-driven development cycle may not be suitable for exploratory prototyping or tasks where interfaces are not yet defined, as it requires clear behavioral specifications and defined interfaces to write meaningful failing tests.