January 2, 2017
In one of my unit testing courses we had a disucssion I’ve been part of what feels like a million times. The question the team asked was: “How do you convince the client to pay for unit testing?” Because it adds… Continue Reading…
October 11, 2017
As we’ve seen already, we don’t have to write every unit test possible, since not every unit test is going to help us in the future, and may even cause us some problems. Here’s an actual example I encountered. I’ll… Continue Reading…
October 11, 2017
You think I was finished? I haven’t even started. The first group of associated costs to testing were around the fact that unit tests are, in fact, code and as such are susceptible to all kinds of flaws that come… Continue Reading…
October 9, 2017
We talked about what we perceive as the cost of unit tests: slowing us down. That does not mean that unit tests are free. There are actual costs associated with unit tests, although they may not be what you think. I… Continue Reading…
October 9, 2017
Although ROI is dead it is still useful to talk about value and cost of witing tests. When we write automated tests, regardless of it being unit, integration, end-2-end, load test, or whatever kind, the cost we have in mind… Continue Reading…
October 7, 2017
I was apparently mistaken when I said I’d publish small stuff over time. We’ll see how it goes. I’ve got a full chapter (so far) of Everyday Unit Testing: • Unit Testing Economics. – History – How did we get… Continue Reading…