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[Dom Grigonis]

I don’t think there i a simple answer to this, although if you find something interesting, please share.

From my experience, industry is applying variety of testing methods. Starting from lowest level components and implementing unit tests, finishing with end-to-end testing platforms.

https://www.atlassian.com/continuous-delivery/software-testing/types-of-software-testing <https://www.atlassian.com/continuous-delivery/software-testing/types-of-software-testing>

Modular programming paradigm, IMO, is one of the solutions to this problem. Then, each component is a flexible program in itself that can be combined with others. This way, code is re-used by many people and code is well tested and issues are quick to surface.

As far as I know, unix/linux has a big emphasis on modularity in contrast with monolithic approach of windows, which could be one of the big reasons why (at least from my perspective) working in unix environment is so much more pleasant.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_philosophy <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_philosophy>

Regards,
DG

> On 24 Oct 2023, at 15:22, o1bigtenor via Python-list <python-list at python.org> wrote:
> 
> Greetings
> 
> (Sorry for a nebulous subject but dunno how to have a short title for
> a complex question.)
> 
> I have been using computers for a long time but am only beginning my
> foray into the
> galaxy of programming. Have done little to this point besides
> collection of information
> on sensors and working on the logic of what I wish to accomplish. Have
> been reading code that accompanies other's projects in the process of
> self development.
> 
> Is there a way to verify that a program is going to do what it is
> supposed to do even
> before all the hardware has been assembled and installed and tested?
> 
> (Many years ago I remember an article (if not an issue) in Byte magazine about
> mathematically proven constructs a.k.a. programs - - - this idea is
> what I'm pursuing.
> The concept is that in non-trivial programs there are plenty of places where a
> poorly placed symbol or lack of a character will result in at best an inaccurate
> result and at worst - - - no result. This is the kind of thing
> (correct code) that I'm
> hoping to accomplish - - - to rephrase the question - - - how do I
> test for that?)
> 
> TIA
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