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edit approved Nov 21, 2023 at 11:04
Mehdi Charife
edit approved Nov 21, 2023 at 11:04
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Unit tests are never perfect at capturing functionality, particularly in certain parts of an application (such as the GUI), so everyone needs some measure of black box testing. Does TDD have anything to say regarding black box testing?Does TDD have anything to say regarding black box testing? If it does not say much, could it be true that while writing unit tests is the developers job, functional black box tests fall into a different domain like that of a business analyst or a dedicated tester?

Unit tests are never perfect at capturing functionality, particularly in certain parts of an application (such as the GUI), so everyone needs some measure black box testing. Does TDD have anything to say regarding black box testing? If it does not say much, could it be true that while writing unit tests is the developers job, functional black box tests fall into a different domain like that of a business analyst or a dedicated tester?

Unit tests are never perfect at capturing functionality, particularly in certain parts of an application (such as the GUI), so everyone needs some measure of black box testing. Does TDD have anything to say regarding black box testing? If it does not say much, could it be true that while writing unit tests is the developers job, functional black box tests fall into a different domain like that of a business analyst or a dedicated tester?

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Does TDD formally use black box testing to supplement unit tests?

Unit tests are never perfect at capturing functionality, particularly in certain parts of an application (such as the GUI), so everyone needs some measure black box testing. Does TDD have anything to say regarding black box testing? If it does not say much, could it be true that while writing unit tests is the developers job, functional black box tests fall into a different domain like that of a business analyst or a dedicated tester?