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		evv on Jan 31, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Write tests. Not too many. Mostly integration (201... The TDD style bottom-up approach can be handy too. On a recent project I write most of the tests first, to consider the API before implementation. These should come in handy when future developers join the codebase and need to understand the intended behavior of these components.

sorokod on Jan 31, 2019 [–]

Would a future developer care if you wrote your tests before or after the API was implemented?

xiphias2 on Jan 31, 2019 | [–]

Actually yes, it's really hard to write a test without mocking for an existing (non-pure) API.

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