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0 pointsalienchow1y ago0 comments

When setting up unit tests traditionally took more time and LOC than the logic itself, LLMs are particularly useful.

1. Paste in my actual code.

2. Prompt: Write unit tests, test tables. Include scenarios: A, B, C, D, E. Include all other scenarios I left out, isolate suggestions for review.

I used to spend the majority of the coding time writing unit tests and mocking test data, now it's more like 10%.

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arkh1y ago· 1 in thread

> Paste in my actual code.

> Prompt: Write unit tests

TDD in shambles. What you'd like is:

> Give your specs to some AI

> Get a test suite generated with all edge cases accounted for

> Code

Matter of preference. I've found TDD to be inflexible for my working style. But your suggestion would indeed work for a staunch TDD practitioner.

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