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Very much this - though I've experienced this in other stacks. Would love to know the best way people handle this.

I totally agree, but even just the basics can be a great addition. What I find odd is even just simple things such as pre or post conditions don't appear to be used widely, let alo…

What lmm said is spot on. If your paranoid about null pointers in C/C++, use asserts or static analysis.

"Anyway, this gets used lots of times by my algorithm" You've got a missing class. The fact you're so concerned with testing it highlights this. The fact it's private I should be f…

This article is wrong in numerous cases. Testing private methods? Wrong. Don't do this. They'll be covered by your public API, if they aren't, delete them. If you need to test code…

Care to expand givan?

Despite usually hating viewing slides without the presentation, I actually find this style very good for getting the point across. Hammer down and there are some good quotes/ideas …

Exactly. Refactoring is the process of changing code without changing behaviour. If that means you change some tests so be it. There is no rule to say that you can't do this, but m…

That's right Colin. I completely agree, however if you break unit tests during a refactor, yet there is no functional change - bin the tests as long as you have end to end tests hi…