Re:Ask HN: Has web development really become easier than 10 ...
by dozzie on Sunday November 05, 2017 @03:52PM
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> Well, we do things now that we didn’t used to do, like write tests :)
We didn't used to worship tests. We used to write them, mainly for detecting
regressions. Perl's CPAN society developed whole standards around testing
(ever heard of Test Anything Protocol?), and that was in the late '80s.
Re:Ask HN: Has web development really become easier than 10 ...
by draw_down on Monday November 06, 2017 @06:44PM
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OK, but JS used to just be straight-up untested, except perhaps in end-to-end tests which even then would be extremely brittle. We didn't test, really.
We didn't used to worship tests. We used to write them, mainly for detecting regressions. Perl's CPAN society developed whole standards around testing (ever heard of Test Anything Protocol?), and that was in the late '80s.