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Test-driven development (TDD) is the practice of writing tests first and coding later, and the proponents of TDD expound its numerous benefits. For instance, given an issue on a source code repository, tests can clarify the desired behavior…

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Coding agents can generate web applications from natural-language descriptions, yet a recent benchmark study shows that generated applications fail to meet functional requirements in over 70% of cases. The core difficulty is that web…

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Test-driven development (TDD) has been adopted to improve Large Language Model (LLM)-based code generation by using tests as executable specifications. However, existing TDD-style code generation studies are largely limited to…

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Large Language Models (LLMs), such as ChatGPT, are increasingly leveraged for generating both traditional software code and spreadsheet logic. Despite their impressive generative capabilities, these models frequently exhibit critical issues…

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Large language models (LLMs) accelerate software development but often exhibit instability, non-determinism, and weak adherence to development discipline in unconstrained workflows. While test-driven development (TDD) provides a structured…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-04-30 Tarlan Hasanli , Shahbaz Siddeeq , Bishwash Khanal , Pyry Kotilainen , Tommi Mikkonen , Pekka Abrahamsson

Developing full-stack web applications is complex and time-intensive, demanding proficiency across diverse technologies and frameworks. Although recent advances in multimodal large language models (MLLMs) enable automated webpage generation…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-10-02 Yuxuan Wan , Tingshuo Liang , Jiakai Xu , Jingyu Xiao , Yintong Huo , Michael R. Lyu

Test Driven Development (TDD) is one of the major practices of Extreme Programming for which incremental testing and refactoring trigger the code development. TDD has limited adoption in the industry, as it requires more code to be…

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Context: Test-driven development (TDD) is a widely employed software development practice that involves developing test cases based on requirements prior to writing the code. Although various methods for automated test case generation have…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-04-02 Saranya Alagarsamy , Chakkrit Tantithamthavorn , Wannita Takerngsaksiri , Chetan Arora , Aldeida Aleti

Test-driven development (TDD) is a widely-employed software development practice that mandates writing test cases based on requirements before writing the actual code. While writing test cases is the centerpiece of TDD, it is…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-03-03 Wannita Takerngsaksiri , Rujikorn Charakorn , Chakkrit Tantithamthavorn , Yuan-Fang Li

We introduce WebApp1K, a novel benchmark for evaluating large language models (LLMs) in test-driven development (TDD) tasks, where test cases serve as both prompt and verification for code generation. Unlike traditional approaches relying…

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In today's society, we are becoming increasingly dependent on software systems. However, we also constantly witness the negative impacts of buggy software. Program synthesis aims to improve software correctness by automatically generating…

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Template-based code generator development as part of model-drivendevelopment (MDD) demands for strong mechanisms and tools that support developers to improve robustness, i.e., the desired code is generated for the specified inputs. Although…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2016-06-16 Carsten Kolassa , Markus Look , Klaus Müller , Alexander Roth , Dirk Reiß , Bernhard Rumpe

Although Large Language Models (LLMs) have made significant progress in code generation, they still struggle with code generation tasks in specific scenarios. These scenarios usually necessitate the adaptation of LLMs to fulfill specific…

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Test-driven development (TDD) is a programming technique in which the tests are written prior to the source code. It is proposed that TDD is one of the most fundamental practices enabling the development of software in an agile and…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2017-11-15 Maria Siniaalto , Pekka Abrahamsson

Over the past few years, improving LLM code generation capabilities has been a key focus in NLP research. Despite Bengali having 242 million native speakers worldwide, it receives little attention when it comes to training LLMs. More…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-11-18 Sajed Jalil , Shuvo Saha , Hossain Mohammad Seym

Rigorous software testing is crucial for developing and maintaining high-quality code, making automated test generation a promising avenue for both improving software quality and boosting the effectiveness of code generation methods.…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-02-10 Niels Mündler , Mark Niklas Müller , Jingxuan He , Martin Vechev

This report describes the experiences of one organization's adoption of Test Driven Development (TDD) practices as part of a medium-term software project employing Extreme Programming as a methodology. Three years into this project the…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2021-02-01 Jim Buchan , Ling Li , Stephen G. MacDonell

Large Language Models (LLMs) have shown incredible potential in code generation tasks, and recent research in prompt engineering have enhanced LLMs' understanding of textual information. However, ensuring the accuracy of generated code…

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AI coding agents can resolve real-world software issues, yet they frequently introduce regressions -- breaking tests that previously passed. Current benchmarks focus almost exclusively on resolution rate, leaving regression behavior…

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