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Is this satire? Because the point of automated tests is to avoid making your users your testers.
by sliverstorm 12y ago
Is this satire? Because the point of automated tests is to avoid making your users your testers.
- collyw 12y agoWhy would it be satire? We are short of IT staff and the lab staff seem to have more free time. Why not involve them in the process? I communicate with them, get to understand what they need better, and save time on writing tests that would probably be obsolete a few months down the line, due to the rapidly changing nature of our business. "Individuals and interactions over processes and tools". Coding to best standards is a nice ideal to have, but in almost every place I have worked getting something working quickly has been a far higher priority.
- soft_dev_person 12y agoThere's the ideal world, and the real world. The real world does not always allow you to follow best practices (or even good practices). Sad but true.