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Re:Designing very large JavaScript applications by silversmith on Saturday April 21, 2018 @07:44AM (#16891052)
In my opinion, asking this question is the key benefit of test-driven development. You get to be the consumer, write down your expectations, and then work backwards from yours-as-consumer expectations.
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Re:Designing very large JavaScript applications by sbov on Saturday April 21, 2018 @08:02AM (#16891107)
I find the opposite tends to happen in Java. In the pursuit of testability, people make libraries much harder to use and understand.
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Re:Designing very large JavaScript applications by purerandomness on Saturday April 21, 2018 @11:06AM (#16891681)
Writing good tests is a skill that has to be developed, just like anything else.
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Re:Designing very large JavaScript applications by abritinthebay on Sunday April 22, 2018 @01:59AM (#16894913)
It should be, but too often people write bad tests that test whst they wrote and not what it’s supposed to do.

Writing good tests is a skill and most developers don’t seem to be as skilled in it as they think.

The same concepts power much of Agile too though: XP & Scrum both complement this.

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