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0 pointsbluesnowmonkey9y ago0 comments

Coding without tests is amateur. Absolute rookie behavior. A codebase that leaves out tests should not be considered "exemplary."

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nimchimpsky9y ago· 2 in thread

lol. Tests can be useful but this sort of polemic is rather symptomatic of the Dunning–Kruger effect, imo.

Have you read any research into test coverage and bug frequency ? From what I have seen it does not have significant impact.

I like tests for lots of things they are useful, but code can be exemplary without them. And enforcing x% coverage before release is ridiculous.

You need to look into mutation testing. Pitest is a great tool for java

looks interesting.

Are there any studies showing that mutation testing significantly reduces the amount of bugs released ?

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