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Re:Is the development of automated tests a waste of time for... by palish on Wednesday June 13, 2007 @06:14PM (#27918)
For some reason, I really like the philosophy of "Don't write unit tests until right before you launch, then maintain them". Good observation.
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Re:Is the development of automated tests a waste of time for... by irrelative on Wednesday June 13, 2007 @08:39PM (#27952)
I second that. Once you've launched, your product is usually fairly stable (in terms of domain, big features, etc) and the tests are worth it for confidence in smaller changes/maintenance. Before then, your code base changes so often that updating the tests start dragging down your productivity.
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Re:Is the development of automated tests a waste of time for... by richcollins on Wednesday June 13, 2007 @08:18PM (#27941)
I like that as well
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