#negativetesting — Public Fediverse posts

I just wrote a #test which didn't improve my code's #TestCoverage but was absolutely vital, and which many people don't bother with. I'm writing code to generate a report. I've got copious tests that make sure the reports contain all the correct info. I added a test that they don't include wrong info. Test that your code does what you want, but also test that it doesn't do what you don't want. #NegativeTesting can find very nasty bugs.

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