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Seconded. I shudder when I think back to the "test driven development" days when I wrote so much throwaway test code. Later, you try to refactor the app and it'
by dionian 2y ago
Seconded. I shudder when I think back to the "test driven development" days when I wrote so much throwaway test code. Later, you try to refactor the app and it's another 50% of effort to update all the tests. The solution is to avoid it in the way you described.
- bunderbunder 2y agoI'm curious if you've seen Ian Cooper's excellent talk, "TDD, Where Did It All Go Wrong?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZ05e7EMOLM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZ05e7EMOLM One of his key points is that throwaway test code is only a problem if you neglect to throw it away.