Test & Code

31: I'm so sick of the testing pyramid


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What started as a twitter disagreement carries over into this civil discussion of software testing.

Brian and Paul discuss testing practices such as the testing pyramid, TDD, unit testing, system testing, and balancing test effort.

  • the Testing Pyramid
  • the Testing Column
  • TDD
  • unit testing
  • balancing unit with system tests, functional tests
  • API testing
  • subcutaneous testing
  • customer facing tests
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