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Discussion on: BeckDesignRules for Database Developers Part 1: Passes the tests

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Samuel Nitsche

I wonder - did my article really leave that feeling, being worried about the amount of unit tests needed?
If so, I did a terrible job and apologize.

My intention was to point out that automated unit tests are not the solution (though they might be one of several tools), but deeper understanding of the problem domain (I think in that case I follow Jim Copliens argumentation pretty much).

Also, please consider reading the article on automated self-testing I wrote and linked in the post (also on dev.to: dev.to/pesse/strongholds-of-confid...)

Cheers,
A very concerned Pesse

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Phil Ashby

My apologies too, I wasn't reacting so much to your excellent article, as wanting to provide more information on the meaning of valuable tests, I guess I used the wrong phrase to introduce them :)

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Samuel Nitsche

Thanks for your reply. As newbie-writer feedback is very important for me and I was really concerned.
Also thanks for the recommendation of roesslerj - didn't know his work yet.