Hatin’ On Unit Testing
I don’t think I’ve ever seen someone who really hates unit testing like Wil Shipley (via Coding Horror).
He brings up some really good points too, by the end of it I wanted
to go and delete all of my unit tests too! Like Jeff Atwood, I
think that unit testing is a good first line of defense for the
developers to use, but the important stuff is getting actual users to
use your product extensively in a variety of environments.
Anonymous said,
Wrote on October 20, 2005 @ 10:08 am
I’m not sure how much, but Wil Shipley seems to think an awfull lot! And he seems to have some pretty…
Anonymous said,
Wrote on October 20, 2005 @ 10:45 am
Anonymous said,
Wrote on October 20, 2005 @ 2:28 pm
This guys obviously misses the point of unit testing. Unit testing is not intended to be a replacement for user testing, or any other kind of testing. It’s just another type of testing you can do.