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I recently read a post where the writer said automated testing, test-driven development, continuous integration, trunk-based development, etc, are difficult.<\/p>\n\n

I'm familiar with them and have been using them for some time, but I think trunk-based development is easier as there's only a single branch instead of many.<\/p>\n\n

Continuous integration is\u00a0pulling everyone else's code at least once daily and pushing yours to ensure it doesn't conflict.<\/p>\n\n

Test-driven development is writing failing tests before any implementation code and refactoring once it passes.<\/p>\n\n

I don't think these are technically difficult, but they do require an open mind, a willingness to learn, evaluate and consider alternative approaches and, in some cases, change existing behaviour.<\/p>\n\n

Change can be the difficult part, not which brand you commit to, how often you push your code or when you write your tests.<\/p>\n\n ", "format": "full_html", "processed": "\n

I recently read a post where the writer said automated testing, test-driven development, continuous integration, trunk-based development, etc, are difficult.<\/p>\n\n

I'm familiar with them and have been using them for some time, but I think trunk-based development is easier as there's only a single branch instead of many.<\/p>\n\n

Continuous integration is pulling everyone else's code at least once daily and pushing yours to ensure it doesn't conflict.<\/p>\n\n

Test-driven development is writing failing tests before any implementation code and refactoring once it passes.<\/p>\n\n

I don't think these are technically difficult, but they do require an open mind, a willingness to learn, evaluate and consider alternative approaches and, in some cases, change existing behaviour.<\/p>\n\n

Change can be the difficult part, not which brand you commit to, how often you push your code or when you write your tests.<\/p>\n\n ", "summary": null } ] }