People ask me: Are we ever going to get rid of bugs? And I tell people: No. And then they pull out their machine guns and things get messy. But why is that? Are we really doomed for fighting bugs for the rest of our lives? Or theirs? Are we Read more…
Fragile tests. Even the mere thought of them, makes our stomach turn. And for good reason too. We can’t trust them. And they cost us money. First – the trust thing. We have tests that check the same code, pass most of the time, but then one build in a Read more…
Once more I get into a training session on unit testing, and once more I hear “It feels wrong to change my code just for testability.” My immediate reaction was “because the design you have right now is so good, right?” (yes, I said it out loud). Let’s break it Read more…
