Developer uses wrong tool for the job, complains on blog. When you're learning a new language, learn the language. The code you're writing during learning proba

Developer uses wrong tool for the job, complains on blog. When you're learning a new language, learn the language. The code you're writing during learning probably isn't worth keeping around anyways (it's likely non-idiomatic and carries over habits of other languages). Once you feel comfortable and want to write something a bit more stable, bring in unit tests if you feel the need. I find tests great for establishing how I want the API to be since the test is API-in-use and quickly shows flaws in ease-of-use. But, if you're just learning you don't need that extra layer on top of all the other things you're trying to learn.