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Maybe we have a disconnect in our definitions of "testing". How do you define the meaning of it, and could you illustrate how it could, on average over a code
by wildmanx 8y ago
Maybe we have a disconnect in our definitions of "testing".
How do you define the meaning of it, and could you illustrate how it could, on average over a code base, increase the number of bugs in the product code under test?
- Firadeoclus 8y agoAssuming the same time constraints, time spent writing tests competes with time spent writing product code. Ideally, tests save more time than would otherwise have been spent debugging and/or save time and money by catching bugs early. In bad cases you get no return on the time spent writing tests and simply end up with less product code (similar bugs/LOC, so fewer bugs and reduced features). In terrible cases you end up with rushed product code and more bugs/LOC.