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OWASP Secure TDD Project

The OWASP Secure TDD Project allows organizations to integrate security into the Test Driven Development (TDD) lifecycle.
When utilizing TDD, it is important to clarify to the developers that this process will change the way they think, since they need to cover all tests prior development, which is different from the unit testing approach.
The OWASP Secure TDD Project contains an open source tool written for .NET developers in order to allow generation of the most common tests out of the box and enable developers to consciously improve the project by developing additional tests or extensions.

Introduction

About TDD

TDD is about writing a test which will fail, then writing the minimum amount of code required to make it run, then refactoring the code to make it clean.
This is done in cycles, fail -> pass -> refactor, adding a new test for each known requirement for the code.

TDD is not about testing. TDD uses tests to drive the design of your code.

You can do this with unit tests, functional tests and acceptance tests. Usually, you use all three.

The tests tell you what to do, what to do next, when you are done. They tell you what the API is going to be, what the design is.

The tests permit you to refactor safely, ensuring that the desired behavior continues to work while you adjust your design. The tests also guide you to testable code, promoting smaller methods, shorter parameter lists, and overall much simpler design than other methodologies lead you to.

Difference between TDD and Unit Tests

So how does a TDD test differ from a unit test? Unlike a unit test, a TDD test is used to drive the design of an application. A TDD test is used to express what application code should do before the application code is actually written.

TDD is less about testing, and more about designing the code. Unit tests are then used to set the expectations for the end code.
When the end code is written, and passes tests (specifications), you have code that was designed using tests.

Like unit tests, TDD tests can be used for regression testing. You can use TDD tests to immediately determine whether a change in code has broken existing application functionality. However, unlike a unit test, a TDD test does not necessarily test one unit of code in isolation.

Like acceptance tests, TDD tests are used to drive the creation of an application. TDD tests work like mini-acceptance tests. You create a TDD test to express the application functionality that needs to be implemented next. However, unlike an acceptance test, a TDD test is not an end-to-end test. A TDD test does not interact with a live database or web server.

You can do unit testing without doing test driven development. However you can't do test driven development without using unit tests.

When you do traditional unit testing, you write test after you wrote your code.

Test driven development approach is to write unit test before writing code.

How do we solve the problem by implementing STDD?

Description

Write a description that is just a few paragraphs long Explain about the tool - VS add-on, rules engine and extensions. Explain when to use the tool - before development and when knowing the answers to business questions, e.g. user inputs

Licensing

The OWASP Secure TDD Project is free to use. It is licensed under the Apache 2.0 License.

What is the OWASP Secure TDD Project?

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Presentation

OWASP IL October 2013[1]

Project Leader

Nir Valtman

Related Projects

• OWASP_CISO_Survey

Quick Download

• Link to page/download

News and Events

• [20 Nov 2013] News 2
• [30 Sep 2013] News 1

In Print

This project can be purchased as a print on demand book from Lulu.com

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