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Well, we do things now that we didn’t used to do, like write tests :) More is expected in the way of features, not in terms of the number of features but how th
by draw_down 9y ago
Well, we do things now that we didn’t used to do, like write tests :) More is expected in the way of features, not in terms of the number of features but how they work. Imagine clicking a tweet from your timeline, then pressing Back, and being taken to the top of your timeline. It wouldn’t be acceptable. But some thought and care has to be put into making that happen. Just one example but basically there are more concerns than there used to be.
- dozzie 9y ago> Well, we do things now that we didn’t used to do, like write tests :) We didn't used to worship tests. We used to write them, mainly for detecting regressions. Perl's CPAN society developed whole standards around testing (ever heard of Test Anything Protocol?), and that was in the late '80s.
- draw_down 9y agoOK, but JS used to just be straight-up untested, except perhaps in end-to-end tests which even then would be extremely brittle. We didn't test, really.