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Way, way back in the day, one of the best applications I've ever written had no tests. That application is probably in use today, in fact, even though its life
by rootusrootus 5y ago
Way, way back in the day, one of the best applications I've ever written had no tests. That application is probably in use today, in fact, even though its life is measured in decades. My takeaway is that tests are important, but good code is still more important.
- marginalia_nu 5y agoWhat I really wanted to say is that there is more than one way of knowing whether code works. Unit testing is one paradigm. Just because Uncle Bob, seller of unit testing software and TDD-books will hear of no other doesn't mean that this is the One True Way.