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<p>A set of principles, practices, idioms, and strategies pertaining to
automated software testing and its adoption.</p>

<p><strong>WORK IN PROGRESS:</strong> This material is currently in draft form
and under active development. See
<a href="https://github.com/18F/automated-testing-playbook/issues">the GitHub
issues page</a> to examine progress.

<p>This guide is a distillation of the principles found in Mike Bland's <a href="http://goo.gl/eE8IUw">Unit Testing Perspectives</a> presentation, licensed under <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en_US">CC BY 4.0</a>, based on a high-level outline by Mike and Dr. Robert Read of 18F. It also contains content copied directly from several of <a href="https://mike-bland.com/">Mike's personal blog posts</a> as well as some of his posts on <a href="http://autotestcentral.com/">AutoTest Central</a>; both blogs are also licensed under CC BY 4.0.</p>
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