Tag Archives: testing

CommitStrip’s RSS Feed is Broken

Posted on February 15, 2022 by Tim King

Lately, I’ve been trying to get caught up and remain caught up with daily content: empty email inbox, no unread Slack messages, and now, all RSS feeds read. It’s the last of these that led me to a fascinating discovery.

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Reason #2 Why We Write Unit Tests

Posted on October 4, 2013 by Tim King

Seen on DamnLOL… Ninety-nine little bugs in the code, Ninety-nine little bugs! You take one down, patch it around, A hundred and seventeen bugs in the code! (See also Twelve Benefits of Writing Unit Tests First.)

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Software Bugs, Crawling Everywhere

Posted on March 24, 2009 by Tim King

Software developers have a wonderful explanation for why there are so, so many software bugs. Unfortunately, it’s a highly technical explanation that’s very difficult for the layman to understand. I’ll try to summarize, but be aware that the following is … Continue reading →

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Twelve Benefits of Writing Unit Tests First

Posted on July 11, 2006 by Tim King

Why do programmers hate writing unit tests? Why do they hate even more writing unit tests before coding? You don’t have to answer. I’ve already heard the excuses. These are rhetorical questions. I have a theory, however, what the real … Continue reading →

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Manual Test-First

Posted on April 10, 2006 by Tim King

Working on a team that’s not yet onto the value of unit testing, I frequently encounter what Michael Feathers calls “legacy code.” It is not unit-tested and can’t be. That doesn’t mean I need to forget test-first.

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