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		petters on Jan 2, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How I Write Tests I am certainly no religious follower of TDD, but I do think writing tests before code is useful. The reason is simple: it tests your tests. I have many times found bugs in tests that made them always pass.

ucho on Jan 3, 2017 [–]

There is an even better way to test your tests - the mutation testing, for example http://pitest.org/. It also helps to find dead code, that doesn't have any impact on result any more.

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