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I definitely agree that a religious adherence to testing takes the fun out of writing software, for me at least. It’s also driven up the cost of development or
by twobitshifter 6y ago
I definitely agree that a religious adherence to testing takes the fun out of writing software, for me at least.
It’s also driven up the cost of development or slows the time needed to release. That may be an obvious but I think because of the religious aspect people often make the leap to trying to get 100% code coverage instead of focusing on their original objectives.
- disgruntledphd2 6y agoI do agree in general, but personally, testing has helped me reduce the number of things I need to care about to a manageable number. Additionally, tests are some of the best documentation you can have, and you need them to refactor. Finally, I actually really like TDD, it helps me to structure what I'm going to work on, and keeps me focus. So I guess I disagree with the OP, even though I do much of what they do in terms of actual application testing. I just don't think it's actually and either/or.