Comments on: Run automated tests as often as possible http://www.thekua.com/atwork/2009/08/run-automated-tests-as-often-as-possible/ thekua's reflections on work related topics Sun, 15 Aug 2010 15:53:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Gil Zilberfeld http://www.thekua.com/atwork/2009/08/run-automated-tests-as-often-as-possible/comment-page-1/#comment-68130 Gil Zilberfeld Thu, 06 Aug 2009 06:10:50 +0000 http://www.thekua.com/atwork/?p=638#comment-68130 Patrick, Good post. I was once in a position that I was the only one writing tests in the team. I was checking them in, but the concept of a full build that runs the tests also was so far away, no one cared about looking at them. I was just trying to get people writing tests, and unfortunately, that stopped there. You're absolutely right, and I've learned from it. I hope other people don't throw away usable tests. Integrate them into the build. Gil Zilberfeld Typemock Patrick,

Good post. I was once in a position that I was the only one writing tests in the team. I was checking them in, but the concept of a full build that runs the tests also was so far away, no one cared about looking at them. I was just trying to get people writing tests, and unfortunately, that stopped there.

You’re absolutely right, and I’ve learned from it. I hope other people don’t throw away usable tests. Integrate them into the build.

Gil Zilberfeld
Typemock

]]> By: Mr. Hericus http://www.thekua.com/atwork/2009/08/run-automated-tests-as-often-as-possible/comment-page-1/#comment-68036 Mr. Hericus Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:35:07 +0000 http://www.thekua.com/atwork/?p=638#comment-68036 Couldn't agree more. It's a shame to waste tests like this, and it seems like the only reason that these tests end up falling by the wayside is that there wasn't a proper (read: simple) test framework that was put in place to make it easy for anyone to add tests as they went. The test framework is the one that gets integrated into the CI build system, and anything added to it is always automatically run. That way the programmers can easily add tests and don't have to worry about special setup. Keep tests simple, easy to maintain, and you'll rapidly grow a lot of them. Incorporate them into a simple testing framework and they'll have a place to live and continue to give useful results for the life of your project. Thanks for the post! Couldn’t agree more. It’s a shame to waste tests like this, and it seems like the only reason that these tests end up falling by the wayside is that there wasn’t a proper (read: simple) test framework that was put in place to make it easy for anyone to add tests as they went.

The test framework is the one that gets integrated into the CI build system, and anything added to it is always automatically run. That way the programmers can easily add tests and don’t have to worry about special setup.

Keep tests simple, easy to maintain, and you’ll rapidly grow a lot of them. Incorporate them into a simple testing framework and they’ll have a place to live and continue to give useful results for the life of your project.

Thanks for the post!

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