Post #1295635
2026-04-15 06:18 UTC
@samir @mrksdck
My biggest issue, apart from the fact that they are slow, is the idea that people have that they could test everything with end-to-end tests. Which is plain impossible. The combinations of cases are way too large. It's also not economical.
That's what we want to achieve with unit tests. That's what gives an economical high coverage.
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@thirstybear@agilodon.social 2026-04-15 06:30
@tdpauw @samir @mrksdck This is a growing antipattern in the field, but one that is easily sold to management. “No need for those pesky low level unit tests written by developers - you only need outside in testing! Keep the devs coding, and let someone else write the tests! (SDETs)” “No unit tests? No problem! It does that as well! Get that code coverage up!” Finally I’ve heard “But it’s BDD!” Grifters will grift 🤷♂️