On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 9:38 AM Adam Russell <[email protected]> wrote:

> Ok, I think I definitely mixed up some terms here.
>

✓

> Yes, it does seem that separate Unit and Integration testing is the
> winning meta-pattern!
>

Indeed, both is better than either alone. (This bothers some theologians.)

>   that the amount of test code is likely to far exceed the amount of code
> being tested!
>

This feels annoying, but can be a good thing.
- Bugs in the test code cause localized problems only and are easier to fix.
- If the tests run regularly, they serve as documentation that's guaranteed
up-to-date-with-the-code

Trick to minimizing the amount  of scaffolding code is picking your test
tools and test boundaries.

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