On the Challenges of Applying Test Driven Development to the Engineering of Big Data Applications

Daniel Staegemann, Matthias Volk, Mohammad Abdallah, Klaus Turowski

2023

Abstract

Big data (BD) is one of the major technological trends of today and finds application in numerous domains and contexts. However, while there are huge potential benefits, there are also considerable challenges. One of these is the difficulty to make sure the respective applications have the necessary quality. For this purpose, the application of test driven development (TDD) to the domain was proposed. In general, the approach already has a rather long history and, thereby, the corresponding challenges are also known. However, since the BD domain has several demanding particularities, this also needs to be accounted for when applying TDD. Yet, to our knowledge, this specific aspect has not been discussed by now. The publication at hand bridges this gap by examining the challenges of applying TDD to the engineering of BD applications. In doing so, it facilitates the approach’s use by practitioners and researchers while also constituting a foundation for further discourse regarding the quality assurance in the BD realm and the TDD approach in general.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Staegemann D., Volk M., Abdallah M. and Turowski K. (2023). On the Challenges of Applying Test Driven Development to the Engineering of Big Data Applications. In Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Smart Business Technologies - Volume 1: ICSBT; ISBN 978-989-758-667-5, SciTePress, pages 129-135. DOI: 10.5220/0012087600003552

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icsbt23,
author={Daniel Staegemann and Matthias Volk and Mohammad Abdallah and Klaus Turowski},
title={On the Challenges of Applying Test Driven Development to the Engineering of Big Data Applications},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Smart Business Technologies - Volume 1: ICSBT},
year={2023},
pages={129-135},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0012087600003552},
isbn={978-989-758-667-5},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Smart Business Technologies - Volume 1: ICSBT
TI - On the Challenges of Applying Test Driven Development to the Engineering of Big Data Applications
SN - 978-989-758-667-5
AU - Staegemann D.
AU - Volk M.
AU - Abdallah M.
AU - Turowski K.
PY - 2023
SP - 129
EP - 135
DO - 10.5220/0012087600003552
PB - SciTePress