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Suite smells: testing legacy code
How do you rescue a legacy codebase that has no tests? Let's look at some techniques for clawing your way back to maintainability, one test at a time.
The Power of Go: Tests is a compilation of all the lessons I’ve learned over a lifetime of software engineering: it’s about how to write robust, reliable, and above all correct programs. Assuming the product makes it to market, the business focus will naturally be on rapid growth, rather than building solid foundations for the long term. The nice thing about this strategy is that any effort you put into test writing will automatically end up right where it’s needed: those parts of the system where you’re regularly making changes.
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