Agile Javaв„ў: Crafting Code with Test-Driven Development

Lesson 1. Getting Started

Most of the lessons in the first half of Agile Java involve the development of various pieces of a student information system. You will not build a complete system, but you will work on various subsystems that might be part of a complete system.

The student information system involves many different aspects of running a school or university: registration, grades, course scheduling, billing, records, and so on.

In Lesson 1, you will:

• create a simple Java class

• create a test class that exercises the Java class

• use the JUnit framework

• learn about constructors

• refactor the code that you write

This lesson is very detail oriented. I will explicitly describe the steps you should take in doing test-driven development. Future lessons will assume that you are following the cycle of test-driven development in order to produce appropriate tests and code.