Android TDD with Kotlin

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Case study of an Android app delivered to Google Play that uses Kotlin for test driven development, claiming a reliable workflow that adds features via a five-step TDD method (decide inputs/outputs, pick signature, choose one behavior, write test, implement) and noting one function often yields four tests. Uses Kotlin features like backtick test names, Java interoperability and given-when-then style. TDD gives high confidence and smaller production code but is too slow for quick proof‑of‑concept deadlines.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 3:52Client Objective: Case Study
3. 4:21USER STORY
4. 10:02Introducing Test Driven Development (TDD)
5. 22:24Introducing KOTLIN
6. 24:55Using TDD in Proof of Concepts
7. 27:57You really know how you are going to do it?
8. 29:43Collaborative Game
9. 39:495 Step Method of Easy TDD
10. 40:10DECIDE THE INPUTS AND OUTPUTS
11. 41:12CHOOSE FUNCTION SIGNATURE
12. 42:36DECIDE ON ONE ASPECT OF FUNCTIONALITY
13. 44:47IMPLEMENT TEST
14. 45:59IMPLEMENT CODE

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