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Testing Grails: Squash Bugs and Build Executable Documentation

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 17, 2008

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“I’m a huge advocate of test-driven development (TDD).
Neal Ford (author of The Productive Programmer) says that “it is
professionally irresponsible to write code that isn’t tested” (see
Resources). Michael Feathers (author of Working Effectively with
Legacy Code) defines “legacy code” as any software that doesn’t
have a corresponding test associated with it – implying that
writing code without tests is an antiquated practice. I often say
that a project should have two pounds of test code for every one
pound of production code.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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