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Don’t Bury Product Features in Test Code

May 3, 2018October 12, 2018 Stephen R. PalmerUncategorized

In many circumstances, it can require considerable thought and logic in automated tests to identify and retrieve the ‘actual values’ for a test so that we can compare them with ‘expected values’. Designing tests at the same time as the actual feature code, instead of afterwards enables teams to identify…

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