BTW, BeClojure (http://beclojure.org/) is organizing an event about *tests* today, in Hasselt. Those living in Belgium can register at http://www.meetup.com/BeClojure/
On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 4:41 AM, Mikera <mike.r.anderson...@gmail.com> wrote: > Guess this is somewhat a personal perspective, but here are some thoughts > on testing in Clojure: > > - People do a lot of automated testing in general and there are some great > testing libraries available (e.g. test.check) > - People tend not to strictly follow "Test Driven Development" practices. > e.g. in my experience, tests are usually added after the fact (I think > Rich's guard rail analogy is more a criticism of TDD rather than testing in > general) > - Writing in idiomatic Clojure in functional style is a big plus for > testing (much easier to test pure functions and immutable data structures). > - Lack of static typing is a big minus (you often have to write tests to > verify properties that even a fairly simple static type system would have > caught for you). core.typed may alleviate this, though at the cost of extra > code and build complexity. > - There is some very good integration with the CI tools (CircleCI etc.) > that you can take advantage of > - If you are trying to test whole systems with state, rather than just > just individual bits of code, then you should look at the mocking > capabilities in stuartsierra/component > - A lot of testing during development is done informally at the REPL. > There is a risk that people get a bit lazy about converting these into > proper tests later, but on average the convenience and quick feedback of > REPL usage is a big win. > > > On Wednesday, 25 March 2015 10:53:44 UTC+8, Daniel Hinojosa wrote: >> >> What is TDD culture in Clojure like? Is it strong in the community and >> other projects? I am aware of Rich Hickey's guard rail analogy. Did that >> have an effect on how Clojurists view TDD or testing in general? Just >> asking for my own personal research. >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with > your first post. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Clojure" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Hildeberto Mendonça, Ph.D Blog: http://www.hildeberto.com Community: http://www.cejug.net Twitter: https://twitter.com/htmfilho -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
