[TIP] Testing Hierarchy

[Noah Gift]

On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 10:24 AM, Terry Peppers <peppers at gmail.com> wrote:

> Paul -
>
> That would be me and it would also be here.
>
> http://bitbucket.org/terryp/pycon_2009_tip_bof/
>

That is a good presentation.  In an earlier thread I mentioned how I was
frustrated at the lack of real world theory with testing.  I think this
presentation could go a tad further and identify not only the type of
testing, but the levels of testing quality vs "the real world".  The saying
you can have two of the three, "cheap, fast, or quality", but not all three
comes mind.

It is very easy to say all code should have 100% unit test coverage, have
integration tests, functional tests, etc.  What I haven't seen someone talk
about yet, is when that is appropriate in the real world and when it isn't,
and an honest assessment of the tradeoff.  I am very sold on testing code,
but how much depends on the situation I am in.

PyCon 2010 Grig and Titus?



>
> - t.
>
> On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 12:12 PM, Paul
> Hildebrandt<Paul.Hildebrandt at disneyanimation.com> wrote:
> > I am preparing to give a talk on Python unit testing to our software
> team.
> > I remember at the PyCon Testing BOF someone showed a Testing Hierarchy
> > slide.  It shows the different types of testing and where unit tests fit
> > in.  I thought it was clever and want to borrow it.  Does anyone have a
> link
> > to it.
> >
> > Paul
> >
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Thanks,

Noah
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