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Explore how software testing functions as a critical debugging tool, significantly enhancing code reliability and streamlining the development process.

Kazys Račkauskas: The importance of starting with a red test. The red-green-refactor cycle is a well-known mantra in test-driven development. The tests should guide the development process, he says. He explains how he mistyped tests multiple times, leading to a false impression.

I explain my Test-Driven Development (TDD) approach with an 'outside-in' mindset. Also, I introduce easyTdd, my TDD tool for generating test boilerplate code.