http://devnulled.com/content/2005/06/using-strong-testing-instead-of-strong-typing/ devnulled provides news, tips, resources, and articles about various topics that software developers and engineers enjoy. Sat, 14 Aug 2010 20:52:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://devnulled.com/content/2005/06/using-strong-testing-instead-of-strong-typing/comment-page-1/#comment-8889 Brandon Harper Wed, 22 Jun 2005 07:22:27 +0000 http://devnulled.com/content/2005/06/using-strong-testing-instead-of-strong-typing/#comment-8889 I think one other advantage it adds is being able to test your code for various exploits before someone in Russia behind an anonymous proxy decides to do it for you. ;) I think one other advantage it adds is being able to test your code for various exploits before someone in Russia behind an anonymous proxy decides to do it for you.

]]> http://devnulled.com/content/2005/06/using-strong-testing-instead-of-strong-typing/comment-page-1/#comment-8885 Paul Kenney Tue, 21 Jun 2005 22:45:25 +0000 http://devnulled.com/content/2005/06/using-strong-testing-instead-of-strong-typing/#comment-8885 Yeah, I read this too, and when you think about all the issues surrounding quality control in software, the contract via interface is only one piece of the puzzle. In fact, most bugs are a result of errant behavior that has not been detected--and it cannot be detected in compile-time type checking. Strong testing allows you to verify the interface declarations, but more importantly it lets you verify behavior and track down buggy code that hides behind perfect interface definitions. Yeah, I read this too, and when you think about all the issues surrounding quality control in software, the contract via interface is only one piece of the puzzle. In fact, most bugs are a result of errant behavior that has not been detected–and it cannot be detected in compile-time type checking. Strong testing allows you to verify the interface declarations, but more importantly it lets you verify behavior and track down buggy code that hides behind perfect interface definitions.

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