Testing is overrated
Saturday, July 12th, 2008But the truth is, no single technique is effective at detecting all defects. We need manual testing, peer reviews, usability testing and developer testing (and that’s just the start) if we want to produce high-quality software.
Ignoring the (playfully) sensational headline, this is an insightful quote from a good article on not overstating the importance of automated testing at the expense of other QA techniques.
Informal design and code reviews is something I’d love to introduce at work, as I firmly believe they’d not only increase the quality of the end product but also our skills as individual programmers.
Testing is overrated at Rails Spikes.