1 An introduction to automated testing
This chapter covers
- What an automated test is
- The goal of writing automated tests
- How automated tests can help you write better code, in less time, with more confidence
When everything runs on software, from your uncle’s bakery to the country’s economy, the demand for new capabilities grows exponentially, and the more critical it becomes to ship software that works and ship it frequently—hopefully, multiple times a day. That’s what automated tests are here for. Long gone is the time when programmers could afford themselves the luxury of manually testing their software every once in a while. At this point, writing tests is not only good practice, it’s an industry standard. If you search job postings at ...
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