Jeff Langr wrote:Greetings authors--
How do you feel about the use of agile tests as a form of documentation, and does the book emphasize how one might best do this?
thanks,
Jeff L.
Hi Jeff,
Just to add to Janet's answer - we have a small section in the book titled "Tests Are Great Documentation". My team has had good success using FitNesse tests as "living" documentation of how the system actually works. We might get lazy about keeping static written docs up to date, but when the FitNesse tests fail, we have to fix them and keep our build "green".
We were heavily influenced by Brian Marick's emphasis on using examples to create tests and drive coding, and we emphasize the use of examples in the book also.
-- Lisa