tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734577.post7076035301915381662..comments2023-06-02T03:33:20.775-07:00Comments on Strong, dynamic: On demonstrating the value of unit tests to beginnersUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734577.post-43121722334603102952010-04-23T23:27:29.432-07:002010-04-23T23:27:29.432-07:00This should be taught long and hard the "why&...This should be taught long and hard the "why" in software development. <br />Aside from the flat forehead and less hair, save grief and do it.<br />So, portion of my certification includes a chunk of unit testing. the extra code and time spent saves a lot of headache across the board. thanksDiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01009569686113892728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734577.post-84881035411451506792009-02-09T20:32:00.000-08:002009-02-09T20:32:00.000-08:00no point in extra codingthere should be some other...no point in extra coding<BR/><BR/>there should be some other automated annotated wayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734577.post-1383390481831930582009-01-07T12:08:00.000-08:002009-01-07T12:08:00.000-08:00I definitely agree with you, Glyph, and for that r...I definitely agree with you, Glyph, and for that reason we've already had team-wide training on unit testing and we do a lot of talking about them, so he isn't totally green. This was more like letting him finally get traction on a concept he has already decided to pursue.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16763371844879659730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734577.post-22253458913187602212009-01-07T09:45:00.000-08:002009-01-07T09:45:00.000-08:00I think you still have to have a basic amount of b...I think you still have to have a basic amount of buy-in on the concept before a demonstration like this can work.<BR/><BR/>I have had the experience of demonstrating the value of unit tests to a beginner in this way, and their response when we discovered a similar bug was "what is the point of writing all this extra code? of course I would have seen that error when I loaded the web page".glyphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07021175796928101086noreply@blogger.com