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Re:Unit Testing is Overrated (2020) by teddyh on Thursday April 07, 2022 @07:48AM (#30943226)
> how to I test to make sure all those private methods do what I want them to do so that I know which one is broken when my public method breaks.

You don’t. You test only the public API. This way, you can refactor the public method to your heart’s content without any tests breaking.

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