On Mon, 2011-06-20 at 12:00 -0500, Mike McCarty wrote: > Interesting. I have more faith in my own code than I do in others'. > You apparently trust others' works more than you do your own.
It's more that I see automated testing as being for the developer's benefit - so when writing code, it's essential to have tests a) covering as much of the code as possible, and b) passing reliably. That's important, because if I make a change and break something else, *I'm* the one who has to explain that to a customer. And that's not fun. It's my reputation on the line. As to trust, it's more that I assume that other developers have their own standards, and if they're willing to call something a stable release, they've done the work to ensure they have confidence in it. And if they haven't, well - what confidence should I have that their automated tests are useful? Simon.
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