agile software development practice adding to TDD the description of the desired functional behavior of the new functionality.

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test-first software development practice in which acceptance criteria for new functionality are created as automated tests. The failing tests are constructed to pass as development proceeds and accept [..]

creating a logical or physical copy of code within a version control system so that this copy might be changed in isolation.

software code that is expressed well, formatted correctly, and organized for later coders to understand. Clarity is preferred over cleverness.

a measurement indicating the amount of product code that is exercised by tests.

coupling refers to the interdependencies between modules, while cohesion describes how related the functions within a single module are.

a software development principle popularized by Extreme Programming holding that all contributors to a given codebase are jointly responsible for the code in its entirety.

a software delivery practice similar to Continuous Deployment except a human action is required to promote changes into a subsequent environment along the pipeline.