Timeline for Do I need to test everything?
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| Nov 2, 2015 at 11:50 | comment | added | Filip Bartuzi | It's been 3 years now... how was your TDD project? :) | |
| Apr 28, 2012 at 19:56 | comment | added | Evan Plaice | Wait until you decide to re-structure your code. Any time massive changes are introduced, you need to verify functionality. Without tests you'll need to go through your application and test all of the functionality manually. Introduce another large update and you'll have to do it again. Unit tests are just a 'cheap' way to make sure everything is working as expected. | |
| Apr 28, 2012 at 12:33 | answer | added | hwjp | timeline score: -1 | |
| Mar 22, 2012 at 22:02 | comment | added | Erik Reppen | And I'll be your TDD stick in the mud for today. And no I'm not advocating no automated testing whatsoever. TDD is in fact an actual specific coding strategy, not just declaring that testing is necessary. | |
| Mar 22, 2012 at 21:32 | answer | added | Erik Reppen | timeline score: 0 | |
| Mar 12, 2012 at 19:17 | comment | added | Ben Lee | Don't test if you don't understand the value, it's that simple. If you don't get it, your tests will not be effective anyway, and may actually give a false sense of safety. As @ZJR pointed out, eventually you'll either see a reason for testing and just get it, or you won't. Until you see a reason, don't test. | |
| S Mar 11, 2012 at 16:19 | history | suggested | Peter Mortensen | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 10, 2012 at 21:10 | vote | accept | Matteo Pagliazzi | ||
| Mar 10, 2012 at 3:07 | comment | added | ZJR | Not seeing the real advantage in writing tests and writing them out of blind faith doesn't really sound right. Go on without writing tests, after a while you'll experience an unexpected regression and know why you're testing. | |
| Mar 9, 2012 at 23:53 | answer | added | Chriseyre2000 | timeline score: 2 | |
| Mar 9, 2012 at 23:17 | comment | added | Mason Wheeler | For some reason, this question makes me want to post an image macro of Captain Nero yelling "TEST EVERYTHING!!!" | |
| Mar 9, 2012 at 22:59 | answer | added | Paul Biggar | timeline score: -1 | |
| Mar 9, 2012 at 21:32 | answer | added | jamesc | timeline score: 2 | |
| Mar 9, 2012 at 20:51 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackProgrammer/status/178221608056524800 | ||
| Mar 9, 2012 at 20:48 | comment | added | Paul | @JonStrayer: Yes, it's the same question | |
| Mar 9, 2012 at 20:18 | history | edited | java_mouse |
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| S Mar 9, 2012 at 19:31 | history | suggested | Andy |
not specific to RoR
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| Mar 9, 2012 at 19:26 | vote | accept | Matteo Pagliazzi | ||
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| Mar 9, 2012 at 18:13 | comment | added | jcmeloni | I don't know that this is exactly a duplicate question, but there are some great answers in What are the disadvantages of test-first programming? and When is it appropriate to not unit test?. | |
| Mar 9, 2012 at 17:50 | answer | added | NoChance | timeline score: 2 | |
| Mar 9, 2012 at 17:49 | comment | added | pdr | @JonStrayer: Is it? Are you certain the answer would be the same for RoR as .NET? I would suggest that by design RoR has deliberately reduced the cost of testing, while not having type-safety in the form of a compiler massively increases the benefit of testing. | |
| Mar 9, 2012 at 17:43 | history | edited | Matteo Pagliazzi |
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| Mar 9, 2012 at 17:42 | comment | added | Jon Strayer | This really isn't a ruby on rails question. it's more of a TDD question. | |
| Mar 9, 2012 at 17:42 | answer | added | Schleis | timeline score: 3 | |
| Mar 9, 2012 at 17:41 | answer | added | Jon Strayer | timeline score: 49 | |
| Mar 9, 2012 at 17:06 | answer | added | Bruce Ediger | timeline score: 8 | |
| Mar 9, 2012 at 16:58 | answer | added | Doug T. | timeline score: 34 | |
| Mar 9, 2012 at 16:58 | answer | added | wessiyad | timeline score: 1 | |
| Mar 9, 2012 at 16:55 | history | edited | user28988 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 9, 2012 at 16:54 | history | asked | Matteo Pagliazzi | CC BY-SA 3.0 |