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Do some Developers skip writing tests for their personal projects<\/a> because they think it's a chore?<\/p>\n\n

If they've written the code, so they then think it's too much work to write tests or need to move on to the next task?<\/p>\n\n

Is it boring to write tests for code that's already written and will pass straight away?<\/p>\n\n

This is why I do test-driven development and start with a failing test and then write code to make it pass.<\/p>\n\n

Then, I add more to the test until it fails and then get that to pass.<\/p>\n\n

When that test is finished, I'll move to a new test for a different piece of functionality.<\/p>\n\n

I like this approach of working in small feedback cycles and alternating between failing and passing tests.<\/p>\n\n

Testing this way isn't boring or a chore and much more interesting for me compared to writing all the code first and maybe writing the tests later.<\/p>\n\n ", "format": "full_html", "processed": "\n

Do some Developers skip writing tests for their personal projects<\/a> because they think it's a chore?<\/p>\n\n

If they've written the code, so they then think it's too much work to write tests or need to move on to the next task?<\/p>\n\n

Is it boring to write tests for code that's already written and will pass straight away?<\/p>\n\n

This is why I do test-driven development and start with a failing test and then write code to make it pass.<\/p>\n\n

Then, I add more to the test until it fails and then get that to pass.<\/p>\n\n

When that test is finished, I'll move to a new test for a different piece of functionality.<\/p>\n\n

I like this approach of working in small feedback cycles and alternating between failing and passing tests.<\/p>\n\n

Testing this way isn't boring or a chore and much more interesting for me compared to writing all the code first and maybe writing the tests later.<\/p>\n\n ", "summary": null } ], "feeds_item": [ { "imported": "2025-04-21T01:21:25+00:00", "guid": null, "hash": "4b2d47376db0c887f15bedf49de35711", "target_type": "feeds_feed", "target_uuid": "90c85284-7ca8-4074-9178-97ff8384fe76" } ] }