3: Why test?

02/09/2015 26 min Episodio 3
3: Why test?

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Episode Synopsis


Answering a listener question.

Why testing?


What are the benefits?
Why automated testing over manual testing?
Why test first?
Why do automated testing during development?
Why test to the user level API?


After describing my ideal test strategy and project, I list:


Business related, practical benefits of testing
Personal reasons to embrace testing
Pragmatic, day to day, developer benefits of testing