3 papers
cs.SE2020
Results from a replicated experiment on the affective reactions of novice developers when applying test-driven development
Simone Romano, Giuseppe Scanniello, Maria Teresa Baldassarre +2
Test-driven Development (TDD) is an incremental approach to software development. Despite it is claimed to improve both quality of software and developers' productivity, the resear…
cs.SE2019
An Empirical Assessment on Affective Reactions of Novice Developers when Applying Test-Driven Development
Simone Romano, Davide Fucci, Maria Teresa Baldassarre +2
We study whether and in which phase Test-Driven Development (TDD) influences affective states of novice developers in terms of pleasure, arousal, dominance, and liking. We performe…
cs.SE2018
A Longitudinal Cohort Study on the Retainment of Test-Driven Development
Davide Fucci, Simone Romano, Maria Teresa Baldassarre +4
Background: Test-Driven Development (TDD) is an agile software development practice, which is claimed to boost both external quality of software products and developers' productivi…