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0 pointserikpukinskis2y ago0 comments

A bug in test code is not a real bug. It’s just a test that’s not giving you useful information. Lots of tests don’t give you useful information. Some that fail and some that pass.

It’s easy to write a test that doesn’t provide useful information across time. Harder to write a test that does.

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baq2y ago

There are times for constructive advice and there are times when '...so don't do that' is the right answer.

> It’s easy to write a test that doesn’t provide useful information across time.

I firmly believe this is one of those times.

(Currently my only issue with tests in the product I work on is that they take too long to run. Can't have it all.)

slothtrop2y ago

> A bug in test code is not a real bug.

The bug is in the library that the test code invokes. Tests themselves should be simple, if there are bugs in tests they are trivial once you have a framework figured out.

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