oliverdavies.uk/content/node.140628f4-5b97-4b01-8a55-ca68cf49c635.json

91 lines
No EOL
3.6 KiB
JSON

{
"uuid": [
{
"value": "140628f4-5b97-4b01-8a55-ca68cf49c635"
}
],
"langcode": [
{
"value": "en"
}
],
"type": [
{
"target_id": "daily_email",
"target_type": "node_type",
"target_uuid": "8bde1f2f-eef9-4f2d-ae9c-96921f8193d7"
}
],
"revision_timestamp": [
{
"value": "2025-05-11T09:00:44+00:00"
}
],
"revision_uid": [
{
"target_type": "user",
"target_uuid": "b8966985-d4b2-42a7-a319-2e94ccfbb849"
}
],
"revision_log": [],
"status": [
{
"value": true
}
],
"uid": [
{
"target_type": "user",
"target_uuid": "b8966985-d4b2-42a7-a319-2e94ccfbb849"
}
],
"title": [
{
"value": "Why it's important to see the test fail\n"
}
],
"created": [
{
"value": "2023-05-06T00:00:00+00:00"
}
],
"changed": [
{
"value": "2025-05-11T09:00:44+00:00"
}
],
"promote": [
{
"value": false
}
],
"sticky": [
{
"value": false
}
],
"default_langcode": [
{
"value": true
}
],
"revision_translation_affected": [
{
"value": true
}
],
"path": [
{
"alias": "\/daily\/2023\/05\/06\/why-its-important-to-see-the-test-fail",
"langcode": "en"
}
],
"body": [
{
"value": "\n <p>With automated testing and test-driven development, it's important to see a test fail.\nIf a test passes straight away, how do you know that you're testing the right thing? You could be accidentally testing a different piece of functionality, or it could be a false positive.<\/p>\n\n<p>If the functionality already exists, do you need another test for it?<\/p>\n\n<p>When you see a test fail, you know that the functionality hasn't been implemented, that you're testing the correct thing, and you have a clear goal to work towards.<\/p>\n\n<p>If you're fixing a bug, writing a test and seeing it fail verifies the bug exists and that, once the bug is fixed, the test will pass.<\/p>\n\n<p>Usually, you can anticipate why a test will fail as it evolves and know when it will pass. If a test passes before I expect, I'm immediately sceptical and will look into why rather than assuming it passed for the right reasons.<\/p>\n\n ",
"format": "full_html",
"processed": "\n <p>With automated testing and test-driven development, it's important to see a test fail.\nIf a test passes straight away, how do you know that you're testing the right thing? You could be accidentally testing a different piece of functionality, or it could be a false positive.<\/p>\n\n<p>If the functionality already exists, do you need another test for it?<\/p>\n\n<p>When you see a test fail, you know that the functionality hasn't been implemented, that you're testing the correct thing, and you have a clear goal to work towards.<\/p>\n\n<p>If you're fixing a bug, writing a test and seeing it fail verifies the bug exists and that, once the bug is fixed, the test will pass.<\/p>\n\n<p>Usually, you can anticipate why a test will fail as it evolves and know when it will pass. If a test passes before I expect, I'm immediately sceptical and will look into why rather than assuming it passed for the right reasons.<\/p>\n\n ",
"summary": null
}
]
}