Test to Learn

Aidan Feldman

api.afeld.me / @aidanfeldman

github.com/afeld/test_to_learn

✓ learned by testing

part of getting better...

is overcoming the fear of breaking things

mitigate risk

• history (e.g. version control)
• abstraction
• testing

flavors of testing

• unit
• integration
• etc.

unit testing:

test a piece in isolation

integration testing:

test a bunch of pieces together

the way i think about it:

unit testing:

test a piece in isolation

unit testing:

test a piece [and everything below it] in isolation

testing is an art

not a science

( group exercise )

testing leads to...

• writing things to be testable
• breaking into smaller pieces
• coding from the outside in (the UX perspective)

writing tests forces better code

fin.

api.afeld.me / @aidanfeldman