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A comment on Kent Beck: “I get paid for code that works, not for tests” (2013). Parent comment

Re:Kent Beck: “I get paid for code that works, not for tests... by EGreg on Thursday December 08, 2016 @11:38AM (#13131535)
So then why don't you just write the tests BEFORE you are about to refactor something or change some interface? Why write them at "launch time" of the feature?
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Re:Kent Beck: “I get paid for code that works, not for tests... by st3v3r on Thursday December 08, 2016 @02:10PM (#13133122)
Because if you haven't written them, odds are the code is not particularly well suited to be testable. Side effects out the wazoo, tight coupling, etc.
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