Introduction: Documentation and Testing Techniques

Overview

In this lesson, we'll learn about the importance of documentation by going through the main points of the Agile Manifesto and briefly reading about the standard workings of a company. We'll also go through the main points of a test-driven programming style.

The Agile Manifesto

The four main principles of the Agile Manifesto are:

This doesn't mean that Agile developers should never write documentation. This came from a time when the documentation needed to be complete before starting on the code. Frequently, this meant that insights gained during development couldn't always be applied since it would involve changing requirements that have already been signed off on. These processes made sense in ...