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The broader point seemed to be that tests should be treated like an investment that ought to pay off and you shouldn't do it if it doesn't. I think the author
by pydry 3y ago
The broader point seemed to be that tests should be treated like an investment that ought to pay off and you shouldn't do it if it doesn't.
I think the author didnt make this point particularly well but I agree with it and I think it does apply equally to building both space rockets and mom and pops.
It's also something most people don't really do.
- ChrisMarshallNY 3y agoI think that’s a good point. I often run into folks that tell me their software is perfect,” because their unit tests have 100% code coverage. As I tend to write a lot of GUI stuff, unit tests are not that useful. I wrote an essay about how I tend to use test harnesses, over unit tests[0]. [0] https://littlegreenviper.com/miscellany/testing-harness-vs-unit/ https://littlegreenviper.com/miscellany/testing-harness-vs-u...