Since a key motivation for developing test-driven data analysis (TDDA) has been test-driven development (TDD), we need to conduct a lightning tour of TDD before outlining how we see TDDA developing. If you are already familiar with test-driven development, this may not contain too much that is new for you …
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OK, everything you need to know about TeX has been explained—unless you happen to be fallible. If you don't plan to make any errors, don't bother to read this chapter.
— The TeXbook, Chapter 27, Recovery from Errors. Donald E. Knuth.1
The concept of test-driven data analysis seeks to …
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A dozen or so years ago I stumbled across the idea of test-driven development from reading various posts by Tim Bray on his Ongoing blog. It was obvious that this was a significant idea, and I adopted it immediately. It has since become an integral part of the software development …
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