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      Types vs tests
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      <p>Today, I saw a Twitter poll - "Poll: Imagine your team has to build a project with either types or tests. You can't have both.".</p>

      <p>The results were:</p>

      <ul>
      <li>Types - 50.9%</li>
      <li>Tests - 49.1%</li>
      </ul>

      <p>I was surprised by this.</p>

      <p>If I can't add type declarations (type hints) or return types, I can still write tests to check what happens when different types are used.</p>

      <p>I can also perform checks and throw errors or Exceptions if something isn't what I'd expect.</p>

      <h2 id="here%27s-the-thing">Here's the thing</h2>

      <p>I use types heavily, but I'd be more confident that my application would work if I had tests and that's the main objective when writing code for myself or clients and for my clients' customers.</p>

              
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      <p>Today, I saw a Twitter poll - "Poll: Imagine your team has to build a project with either types or tests. You can't have both.".</p>

      <p>The results were:</p>

      <ul>
      <li>Types - 50.9%</li>
      <li>Tests - 49.1%</li>
      </ul>

      <p>I was surprised by this.</p>

      <p>If I can't add type declarations (type hints) or return types, I can still write tests to check what happens when different types are used.</p>

      <p>I can also perform checks and throw errors or Exceptions if something isn't what I'd expect.</p>

      <h2 id="here%27s-the-thing">Here's the thing</h2>

      <p>I use types heavily, but I'd be more confident that my application would work if I had tests and that's the main objective when writing code for myself or clients and for my clients' customers.</p>

              
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