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Do you use Unit Testing in development?   [Edit]

Survey period: 23 Apr 2007 to 29 Apr 2007

It's been said that Unit Testing allows you to play your own Devil's Advocate. But do you bother?

OptionVotes% 
We unit test every piece of functionality we can19621.26
We unit test the main or top level pieces of functionality11912.91
We unit test some pieces. Sometimes.22123.97
We never unit test21723.54
What is unit testing?16918.33



 
GeneralRe: We never unit test!? Pin
John M. Drescher23-Apr-07 16:47
John M. Drescher23-Apr-07 16:47 
GeneralRe: We never unit test!? Pin
NormDroid24-Apr-07 0:31
professionalNormDroid24-Apr-07 0:31 
GeneralRe: We never unit test!? Pin
John R. Shaw28-Apr-07 10:57
John R. Shaw28-Apr-07 10:57 
GeneralRe: We never unit test!? Pin
Dejan Petrovic23-Apr-07 17:03
Dejan Petrovic23-Apr-07 17:03 
GeneralRe: We never unit test!? Pin
NormDroid24-Apr-07 0:30
professionalNormDroid24-Apr-07 0:30 
GeneralRe: We never unit test!? Pin
Ravi Bhavnani24-Apr-07 3:02
professionalRavi Bhavnani24-Apr-07 3:02 
GeneralRe: We never unit test!? Pin
NormDroid24-Apr-07 3:11
professionalNormDroid24-Apr-07 3:11 
Generalmain or top level pieces Pin
ratleg23-Apr-07 0:57
ratleg23-Apr-07 0:57 
Unit testing doesn't really do much at that level. Unit tests are designed to test the low level code, so you can build higher level functions with confidence.

I think whoever came up with the survey question doesn't really understand unit testing!

Marc
GeneralRe: main or top level pieces Pin
Chris Maunder23-Apr-07 4:59
cofounderChris Maunder23-Apr-07 4:59 
GeneralBoost Test Library Pin
Rob Caldecott22-Apr-07 21:55
Rob Caldecott22-Apr-07 21:55 
GeneralSometimes unit tests are faster than a *clicketiclick* GUI Pin
Corinna John22-Apr-07 21:51
Corinna John22-Apr-07 21:51 

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