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3: Why test?

2015/9/2
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Test & Code

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Answering a listener question.

Why testing?

  • What are the benefits?

  • Why automated testing over manual testing?

  • Why test first?

  • Why do automated testing during development?

  • Why test to the user level API?

After describing my ideal test strategy and project, I list:

  • Business related, practical benefits of testing

  • Personal reasons to embrace testing

  • Pragmatic, day to day, developer benefits of testing