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How do you catch a regression without tests? Do you wait until it launches and crashes in production?

• jacob019 9y ago
  No unit tests. With good code structure regressions are minimal, most are caught with practical testing. Ocationally one slips through to production, is reported, and quickly patched. It's rare and something that I'm sure happens to everyone, even with unit tests. I don't tell people to do it my way, but it works for me and my company.
  • capitalsigma 9y ago
    What is a "practical test"?
    • jacob019 9y ago
      I just mean a manual test of application functionality. Maybe some manual function calls. Nothing automated or saved. BTW, the code is an ecommerce platform, not just a website but dozens of integrated applications that handle everything from product selection to order fulfillment, and everything inbetween. 11 years of code that dozens of people use daily to process hundreds of thousands of orders per year.
• deleted 9y ago
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