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Misar.Blog Podcast · April 25 · 2 min

Why I Write Tests Before I Write Code Now

I spent years thinking test-first was dogma for people with too much time. Then one painful week converted me. Here's what actually changed my mind. From the article "Why I Write Tests Before I Write Code Now" by Misar.IO, published on Misar.Blog. In this episode: 0:00 Introduction 0:10 I Wrote Tests Before Code Because the Test Is a Design Tool 0:48 A Test You Can't Write Indicates a Badly Designed System 1:16 The Test-First Workflow Delivers a Faster Feedback Loop Than Manual Checking 1:59 I Only Apply Test-First to Logic and Business Rules 2:26 The Initial Ten-Minute Cost of Writing Tests First Is Outweighed This episode is narrated by an AI voice from a written article. More episodes: The Architecture Decision I Regret Most How a Solo Founder Competes With a Whole Team I Tried Coding With Only AI for Two Weeks Related reads: The Planning Habit That Ended My Overwhelm Stop Waiting to Feel Ready 🔔 Subscribe to every episode Read the article: https://www.misar.blog/@misar/articles/why-i-write-tests-before-i-write-code-now. Read the articles by this Author: https://www.misar.blog/@misar. Generated using: https://www.misar.ai (Misar.AI).

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I spent years thinking test-first was dogma for people with too much time. Then one painful week converted me. Here's what actually changed my mind. From the article "Why I Write Tests Before I Write Code Now" by Misar.IO, published on Misar.Blog.

In this episode:
0:00 Introduction
0:10 I Wrote Tests Before Code Because the Test Is a Design Tool
0:48 A Test You Can't Write Indicates a Badly Designed System
1:16 The Test-First Workflow Delivers a Faster Feedback Loop Than Manual Checking
1:59 I Only Apply Test-First to Logic and Business Rules
2:26 The Initial Ten-Minute Cost of Writing Tests First Is Outweighed

This episode is narrated by an AI voice from a written article.


More episodes:

Related reads:

🔔 Subscribe to every episode

Read the article: https://www.misar.blog/@misar/articles/why-i-write-tests-before-i-write-code-now.
Read the articles by this Author: https://www.misar.blog/@misar.

Generated using: https://www.misar.ai (Misar.AI).

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