[TIP] What is a unit test

[Tim Ottinger]

Ah, then I agree. Hence the term "microtest" (credit to geepawhill).


On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 9:22 PM Ben Finney <ben+python at benfinney.id.au>
wrote:

> Tim Ottinger <tottinge at gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Actually, the type of test is important to TDD.
>
> I didn't mean to imply otherwise. What I'm doing is distinguishing TDD,
> wihch is a process, versus the kind of test being written.
>
> TDD is *not* a kind of test. TDD is a process for developers to follow.
>
> If one is describing a kind of test to write, “TDD” is not a helpful
> term for that.
>
> That was my contention.
>
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