From: James Edward Gray II <james@...>
Date: 2005-12-08T03:32:51+09:00
Subject: Re: Syntax checker?

On Dec 7, 2005, at 12:07 PM, William E. Rubin wrote:

>> That's the exact scenario that unit tests are great for, finding  
>> issues in
>> parts of code that aren't hit often, or nearly at all.  If they're  
>> covered
>> by a unit test though you know, right away that something is  
>> wrong, and you
>> can fix it, without waiting for that scenario to arrive.
>
> Well sure, but for a quick and dirty one-off script, that you're
> potentially changing a bunch as the need arises, it's not always
> feasible (timewise) to design unit tests for every possible scenario,
> nor to keep them up to date.

Are you sure?  I'm not.

I find that Unit Tests cut my debugging time to nearly non-existent  
and they cause me to plan for change from the get-go.  I wonder how  
much time that gives back...  Enough to offset the tests?

James Edward Gray II