Re:Most Unit Testing Is Waste (2014) [pdf]
by osrec on Saturday June 29, 2019 @07:56AM
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They can also be more difficult to refactor and adjust at a later date. This can be especially problematic if you're in an environment where logic needs to be altered rapidly in response to changing external conditions/requirements.
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Re:Most Unit Testing Is Waste (2014) [pdf]
by dahfizz on Saturday June 29, 2019 @08:22AM
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The added "difficulty" is just the cost of doing a proper, correct refactor.
Dynamic languages are not helpful just because they let you write bugs faster.
Re:Most Unit Testing Is Waste (2014) [pdf]
by chrisan on Saturday June 29, 2019 @08:31AM
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I wouldnt even call that difficulty. That is a bloody loved feature in my book
Developers are expensive though. If dynamic languages let you write buggy code in half the time that it would take to write perfect code in a static language, that would be an acceptable trade-off in many contexts.
> If dynamic languages let you write buggy code in half the time that it would take to write perfect code in a static language, that would be an acceptable trade-off in many contexts.
Shit at 50% off is still shit. You're not being paid to produce shit, even if you might be really, really efficient at doing so.
I assure you that many developers are being paid to produce shit.