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> The presumption here is that you are a team of Kent Beck's Not really. He explicitly says 'I’m happy to write integration tests. I insist on it'; in other wo
by crispinb 9y ago
> The presumption here is that you are a team of Kent Beck's
Not really. He explicitly says 'I’m happy to write integration tests. I insist on it'; in other words Kent Beck is admitting he doesn't always know how to perfect the underlying layers' design so as to push 'integration tests' towards being unit tests. But if he's right about the nature of the distinction, ie. that apparent 'integration tests' are really a symptom of underlying design limitations, it's surely a good thing to be aware of?
There are many areas where I do know my own code is problematic, but for lack of time or competence I can't improve it now. I don't believe I would be better off not knowing there was a problem.