Greg Woodhouse wrote:
> Every software developer writes unit tests,
In your dreams!
> but the unit test typically
> end up being files on their hard drives at some point. Making unit
> tests into artifacts is a relatively recent phenomenon,
Agreed, but I had recent releases of open source software in mind.
> and even more
> so is the idea of writing test cases before you code (one of the tents
> of XP). If unit tests are included in the distribution, so much the
> better! But I wouldn't overstate the value of these tests. They might
> tell you that the nails were driven in all the way, or that current
> flows to the electric lights, but they're not going to tell you whether
> or not a building is structurally sound.
Hence your reference to "the tents of eXtreme Programming"?
Tim C
> --- "Tim.Churches" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Wayne Wilson wrote:
> > Finally if software is developed with unit test capabilities, it is
> > quite easy to repeat unit tests upon software modification, so this
> does
> > not become much of a burden either.
>
> Indeed. My approach these days when considering open source software
> components for serious use is to look for the unit tests (and for
> functional and integration tests too). If there are no unit tests, it
> indicates that the code was written on a wing-and-a-prayer basis and is
> best avoided.
>
> Tim C
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