Re:Vim's 400 line function to wait for keyboard input
by the_af on Wednesday July 15, 2015 @03:13PM
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I find it odd how many people overlook this fact. I think people reading tech blogs and sites sometimes live in a bubble.
I don't know if in most, but in many companies there are no automated tests at all, and very few "best practices" such as automated builds/continuous integration and even decent source control.
I don't want to name names, but I'll say this: I know for a fact at least one IT/support department in the local branch of a HUGE multinational energy company (guess a few names and you'll get it) doesn't do automated tests of any kind. They are similarly clueless about most things tech-minded folk would consider best practices of the last decade. This department doesn't work on core software, but instead on inventory/procurement systems, but still...
I don't know if in most, but in many companies there are no automated tests at all, and very few "best practices" such as automated builds/continuous integration and even decent source control.
I don't want to name names, but I'll say this: I know for a fact at least one IT/support department in the local branch of a HUGE multinational energy company (guess a few names and you'll get it) doesn't do automated tests of any kind. They are similarly clueless about most things tech-minded folk would consider best practices of the last decade. This department doesn't work on core software, but instead on inventory/procurement systems, but still...