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"I've heard it said that a good geek is lazy, but I think it's more precise to say that a geek dreads boredom above all else. We'll move mountains to accomplish
by zacharypinter 17y ago
"I've heard it said that a good geek is lazy, but I think it's more precise to say that a geek dreads boredom above all else. We'll move mountains to accomplish a task, as long as it's interesting."
In my opinion, this is the largest problem with unit tests and TDD. Much of it (though not all) is the type of boring work that lazy programmers dread. Calling it "professionalism" and saying it's what good developers are supposed to do doesn't help.
I'm not sure what the answer is for overcoming this. Dynamic languages help by cutting down on the amount of code. However, it still seems like we need better tools. Perhaps a way to convert a stack trace into a test? Or maybe a repl-to-unit-test generator?