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This book is for software developers who have cursory knowledge of TDD and are looking to gain a thorough understanding of how TDD can benefit them and the applications they produce. Software developers with an intermediate understanding of C# and the .NET Framework and/or a thorough understanding of JavaScript and React will likely be able to follow along with all the code examples used throughout the book. The book covers everything from why TDD is important to setting up testing environments, and how to get started testing a green-field application. As the reader grows more comfortable, they will be exposed to more advanced TDD topics such as abstracting away third-party code, approaching a problem from a TDD perspective, and how to deal with legacy code that wasn't written with testability in mind. Chapter 1, Why TDD is Important, asks what is TDD and why should you care? In this chapter, you will learn what TDD is and why it matters. A compelling argument for TDD will be made and the benefits, and more importantly, the execution will be shown. Chapter 2, Setting Up the .NET Test Environment, explains how to set up your IDE and configure the testing framework so that you can easily run your tests in C# and .NET, with more detail and many more examples of growing complexity in the Speaker Meet API. Chapter 3, Setting Up a JavaScript Environment, configures the JavaScript testing framework so that you can easily run your tests in your IDE. It provides more detail and many more examples of growing complexity in the Speaker Meet React application. Chapter 4, What to Know Before Getting Started, dives deeper into the why and how of TDD. you will learn the importance of defining and testing boundaries and abstracting away third-party code (including the .NET Framework), and you'll discover more advanced concepts such as spies, mocks, and fakes, and how to avoid pitfalls along the way. Chapter 5, Tabula Rasa - Approaching an Application with TDD in Mind, explains how