Test area?

[Andreas Pakulat]

On 25.04.09 15:50:10, Alexander Dymo wrote:
> Hey,
> we've been discussing here whether we need Test area and leaning
> towards removing it. The reason for that is that you usually write and
> run tests at the same time as you write the code (or even before the
> code if you're TDD addict ;)).
> 
> >From my several years experience writing tests for my Ruby
> applications, I'm sure that I don't want to switch to another area to
> run my tests. I know of three usecases for tests:
> 1) run a test for function I'm currently writing or changing
> 2) run a test for class/file/module I'm currently writing or changing
> 3) run all tests for the application
> 
> First two usecases definitely need not the separate area. Last one
> only takes more time to complete. But that's not a different activity
> for me - it's just some background activity. And again, I don't need
> to switch to different area just to do this background job.
> 
> So, is it ok to remove the test area?

As long as the difference between test and code area is one toolview
that displays the results of test runs I'm for removing the area.

Andreas

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