Kent Beck: “I get paid for code that works, not for tests” (2013)

Re:Kent Beck: “I get paid for code that works, not for tests... by taeric on Thursday December 08, 2016 @09:43AM (#13130536)

That sounds like something that would be an awesome demo, but not really useful.

I actually dislike tab complete in usual forms most times. Auto import is nice, but i feel that auto complete is a form of searching the code base. And, when I am coding seems a poor tube to be searching for the answer.

When debugging, however, jump to symbol and quickly listing alternative methods helps. And sometimes I am just searching. So, good feature. Just not something i want to rely on.

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Re:Kent Beck: “I get paid for code that works, not for tests... by bpicolo on Thursday December 08, 2016 @10:12AM (#13130746)

In large code bases it can be really hard to keep everything in your head, and that's when a little tab complete can really come in handy. Just forgetting specific method names when you know there's one you want to use can be very handy.

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Re:Kent Beck: “I get paid for code that works, not for tests... by taeric on Thursday December 08, 2016 @10:46AM (#13130983)

It can help. Often does. But I treat it like spell check. If I need it, I'm probably using the wrong word. And I don't know how to use it to effectively search for words.

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