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Pragmatic unit test coverage is the way to go. Most of the summary advice isn't too bad but this statement is beyond absurd: > • Throw away tests that haven’t
by jayvanguard 13y ago
Pragmatic unit test coverage is the way to go. Most of the summary advice isn't too bad but this statement is beyond absurd:
> • Throw away tests that haven’t failed in a year.
Apparently the author has never worked on a large software project with many versions supported over 5+ years. The value of unit tests increases over time as the software and libraries it depends upon change.
- boobsbr 13y agoHeck, I work with software that is 10 years old, and the only thing that keeps us sane is very meticulous testing. Seems like the author never heard of testing the tests: mutation testing.