Adam and the Tests
A strong set of tests gives me confidence that the tools I devise do what I want them to do and that my experiments test what I intend them to test. This is ...
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Impressive Drawing Skills
As long as I can think, I’ve been drawing. Sometimes more, sometimes less, depending on what else I’ve been up to. My Bachelor’s, Master’s, and even the begi...
How I Came to Test
As you might remember, academics code, too. And that’s not even only computer scientists: The first of my friends who needed to program in university were ph...
TDD is for Dreamers, not for Real-World Developers, Isn’t It?
Yesterday, I gave a talk about TDD and the TDD-Discussions on Entwicklertag Frankfurt. TDD has caused many discussions, both heated and thoughtful, over the ...
Is TDD Just Unit-Test Waste?
In early 2014, Cope published an article titled “Why Most Unit Testing Is Waste” and little later a follow up. In these articles, Cope states that unit testi...