Re:Is High Quality Software Worth the Cost?
by jasode on Thursday May 30, 2019 @10:52AM
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>Isn't this disagreement basically the same point made by Martin about different kinds of quality?
M Fowler's comment about "tests" was also made in the context of internal quality. He mentions "cruft" as the buildup of bad internal code that the customer can't see:
>[...] the best teams both create much less cruft but also remove enough of the cruft they do create that they can continue to add features quickly. They spend time creating _automated tests_ so that they can surface problems quickly and spend less time removing bugs.
M Fowler's comment about "tests" was also made in the context of internal quality. He mentions "cruft" as the buildup of bad internal code that the customer can't see:
>[...] the best teams both create much less cruft but also remove enough of the cruft they do create that they can continue to add features quickly. They spend time creating _automated tests_ so that they can surface problems quickly and spend less time removing bugs.