Poll: What proportion of start-ups/non-start-ups use automated unit tests/TDD?

Re:Poll: What proportion of start-ups/non-start-ups use auto... by jhancock on Wednesday February 04, 2009 @07:07AM (#465635)

I upvoted the first option then realized I needed to upvote all of them. I have and will continue to confirm to each as the situation calls and allows.

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Re:Poll: What proportion of start-ups/non-start-ups use auto... by swombat on Wednesday February 04, 2009 @07:27AM (#465649)

Which situations do you think call for "no automated tests"?

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Re:Poll: What proportion of start-ups/non-start-ups use auto... by mixmax on Wednesday February 04, 2009 @07:54AM (#465669)

The quick and dirty jobs that we all do every now and then.

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Re:Poll: What proportion of start-ups/non-start-ups use auto... by wastedbrains on Wednesday February 04, 2009 @12:28PM (#466069)

Yeah many times when you are 'spiking' and idea you can work through a simple small example fastest without testing. I agree when you are quickly just trying to see if something is possible testing will slow you down, and isn't worth the benefits of TDD.

Then when I start to integrate that solution into real production code I go back and add some tests. (mostly integration tests)

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Re:Poll: What proportion of start-ups/non-start-ups use auto... by mikeryan on Wednesday February 04, 2009 @10:23AM (#465839)

These times are when you need automated testing the most.

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Re:Poll: What proportion of start-ups/non-start-ups use auto... by mixmax on Wednesday February 04, 2009 @11:27AM (#465930)

I don't really need automated testing tools when I write a small program that I just use myself for some task.

If it works it works, if it doesn't I do it again.

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