Friday finking: TDD and EAFP

[Peter J. Holzer]

On 2019-11-18 19:00:41 -0500, Mark Turner wrote:
[trivial test]

> I think this simple test like has value. It’s just not where you
> expect it to be. In order to get this test to pass you have to have
> your development environment set up, your testing environment set up
> and perhaps some basic dependencies resolved.

That's a good point. 

Especially if your environment is a bit complex (as it invariably is
when you want to test web applications, for example), it is a very good
idea to start really simple just to make sure you have your environment
set up correctly.

        hp

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