TDD with GitHub Copilot

At Thoughtworks, we are strong practitioners of Test Driven Development (TDD). Naturally this leads to the question of how generative AI can help with this technique. Paul Sobocinski writes a brief memo explaining how some of our teams have used TDD with GitHub Copilot. As ever, co-pilot can't be relied on to fly the plane, but can suggest some useful ideas for the red and green steps. It isn't very helpful for the all-important refactoring step.

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https://martinfowler.com/articles/exploring-gen-ai.html#memo-06

Created 8mo | Aug 17, 2023, 8:30:07 PM


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