Nightly test runs from 2008-09-24_01:15:01

[M Breugelmans]

On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 4:01 PM, David Nolden <zwabel at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Just a general concern: While I like all the testing very much to find
> regressions, we still have to practice a tradeoff between creating
> tests and keeping stuff hackable. KDevelop is still in a very early
> phase, and a lot is going to change, so imo it doesn't make sense to
> create tests for _everything_, especially not for those parts that
> will anyway be turned upside down. It seems that this applies to large
> parts of the user interface. Imo tests should only be created for
> stuff that we consider _ready_, else the tests will just increase the
> resistance to finish these parts.
>

That largely depends on the quality of your suite. Strong tests will
encourage you to make changes, crappy ones will hold you back. People
even invented a name for this anti-pattern: FragileTest. Admittedly it
is not so easy to write robust tests, plus imo it requires more effort
the longer you wait.


Manuel