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Test-driven development with red-green-refactor.

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# Community Test-Driven Development Best Practices

Comprehensive guide to Test-Driven Development practices, designed for AI agents and LLMs. Contains 42 rules across 8 categories, prioritized by impact to guide test writing, refactoring, and code generation.

## When to Apply

Reference these guidelines when:
- Writing new tests using TDD workflow
- Implementing the red-green-refactor cycle
- Designing test structure and organization
- Creating test data and fixtures
- Reviewing or refactoring existing test suites

## TDD Workflow