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>If you have the discipline to thoroughly test your code This isn't the issue. I, and I suspect many others, simply don't have time to thoroughly test code. I
by Nadya 11y ago
>If you have the discipline to thoroughly test your code
This isn't the issue. I, and I suspect many others, simply don't have time to thoroughly test code.
It's the age-old issue of "Business doesn't rely on good code. It relies on delivering the product of that code." Up until the ship is both on fire and sinking - nobody cares about sailing a good ship. They'll settle for the shoddy lake boat and ride it out as long as it will last.
- hinkley 11y agoThe trick is to get off the boat before its final voyage. Or if you're really smart, the penultimate voyage, so nobody thinks you were involved. I think that's one area where executives and salespeople have acumen that us poor plebs lack in spades. I'm not saying it's a good thing, I just think we get left holding the bag.
- Fargren 11y agoI believe even in the short term, tested code gets done faster than non tested code, simply because you tend to waste so little time in trivial mistakes when you test. But it takes time to get to that point, and you don't get to practice testing because it's a new thing and learning it takes time you simply don't have, it looks like it will slow you down.