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The Limits Of Unit Testing Are No Excuse For Skimping
Submitted by jason@parlezuml.com (Jason Gorman) on Thu, 14/02/2008 - 13:19.Yes. I know.
You cannot prove that your software works with unit tests.
It's a truism that's thrown at me every time a development team wants to justify spending less time and effort on their unit test assurance.
OK. You got me. I'm banged to rights. Don't worry about unit tests. Maybe you just need acceptance tests. Or integration tests. After all, unit tests don't check that all the components will work together. Right?
You cannot prove that your software works with unit tests.
It's a truism that's thrown at me every time a development team wants to justify spending less time and effort on their unit test assurance.
OK. You got me. I'm banged to rights. Don't worry about unit tests. Maybe you just need acceptance tests. Or integration tests. After all, unit tests don't check that all the components will work together. Right?