112: Six Principles of Readable Tests - David Seddon
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"Code is read much more often than it is written." - Guido van Rossum This is true for both production code and test code.

When you are trying to understand why a test is failing, you'll be very grateful to the test author if they've taken the care to make it readable.

David Seddon came up with 6 principles to help us write more readable tests. We discuss these, as well as more benefits of readable tests.

David's 6 Principles of Readable Tests:

• Profit from the work of others

• Put naming to work

• Show only what matters

• Don’t repeat yourself

• Arrange, act, assert

• Aim high

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• How to write readable tests (presentation) · David Seddon)
• How to write readable tests (slides))
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• WebTest )
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• django-webtest)