On Dec 18, 2009, at 2:39 PM, Bart Gauquie wrote:
>
> Do you have negative experiences with writing tests?
No.
> I've been using it all my professional career; and I firmly believe it is the
> only way to develop software, a good test set really helps to move forward at
> a sustainable pace. Close attention should off course be payed to the
> quality of the tests also.
>
> You are right on the point that extensive testing does not give you a
> mathematical certainty that everything works, but having a good test set
> catches most of the bugs, certainly if you're adapting/refactoring an
> existing system: which is the goal of Pharo: evolve/refactor Squeak.
>
Yes. I *love* tests... but if you say "I only integrate the System-Setting
change if you provide tests for everything it touches", you will for sure never
integrate anything.
Marcus
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