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What you’re saying in a commit without tests

A corollary to last week’s post: A commit without a test can effectively be read as “It would be okay if somebody undid this, even unintentionally.” Sometimes that’s actually what you want; it might be inconsequential or a rapidly changing aspect or some internal implementation detail. You might be saying “this doesn’t directly impact the… Read more

Thoughts from a TDD kata mob

Test Driven Development has been on my mind lately. I’ve heard from time to time that some people don’t consider Test Driven Development to be a testing activity. Lisa Crispin recently said as much in a piece on modeling test automation, and it’s not obvious to me why it shouldn’t be seen that way. Coincidentally,… Read more