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0 pointscommandlinefan3y ago0 comments

> a lot of people cast “unit test” as “test for each method on a class” which is too low-level

Definitely agree with you here - I've seen people dogmatically write unit tests for getter and setter methods at which point I have a hard time believing they're not just fucking with me. However, there's a "sweet spot" in between writing unit tests on every single function and writing "unit tests" that don't run without a live database and a few configuration files in specific locations, which (in my experience) is more common when you ask a mediocre programmer to try to write some tests.

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icedchai3y ago

I'm having flashbacks to a previous workplace. I was literally asked to write unit tests for getters and setters. I complained they were used elsewhere in the code, and therefore tested indirectly anyway. Nope, my PR would not be "approved" until I tested every getter and setter. I think I lasted there about 6 months.

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0 pointscommandlinefan3y ago0 comments

> a lot of people cast “unit test” as “test for each method on a class” which is too low-level

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icedchai3y ago

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