<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 9:23 AM, Benji York <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:benji@benjiyork.com">benji@benjiyork.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 9:06 AM, Alfredo Deza <<a href="mailto:alfredodeza@gmail.com">alfredodeza@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> I am about to give a presentation about testing in a couple of days<br>
> and the audience is in its majority a "we do not write tests" one :(<br>
> If you had to name the single most important reason why you need to<br>
> write tests (or keep up with them) what would that reason be?<br>
<br>
</div>Having good test hygiene is -- for me at least -- not something that<br>
comes naturally. I don't really want to write tests, but when I don't<br>
the results are so painful that my resolve is renewed.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> One thing to consider though is to think about the problem from their<br>
> perspective: "Why do I need to write tests?"<br>
<br>
</div>It's hard to convince people to take vitamins (do things that will make<br>
their lives better in the future) but it's not hard to get them to take<br>
aspirin (do things to relieve a present pain). Perhaps if you knew the<br>
kinds of pain they are feeling and showed them that tests could help,<br>
you could get through to them.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Great analogy! It is hard to tell the problems they want to solve though so </div><div>I am aiming to be as generalized about it as possible. </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im"><br>
> I know that I get the best quality testing-related answers here :)<br>
<br>
</div>An appeal to vanity; you're already on the road to mass persuasiveness.<br>
--<br>
<font color="#888888">Benji York<br>
</font></blockquote></div><br>