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  • B Brady Kelly

    Not at all. I find writing unit tests, TDD style, highly stimulating and challenging. The only way I can imagine unit testing to be close to boring is if you have to manually run individual tests, but in 2015 you're doing something wrong if you need to do that.

    No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly. - Oscar Wilde

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    VijayPd
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    Brady, Right. I agree with you.

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      Is :wtf: Unit Testing is most boring activity for Developer

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      Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan
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      Funny thing is, I don't even know what "_Unit tests_" are. :laugh: I did go to [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit\_testing) to learn something... Ended up yawning! :zzz: There was no challenge, just boring text... _[Lorem ipsum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorem\_ipsum)_ sounds better than that.

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        Is :wtf: Unit Testing is most boring activity for Developer

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        No, the most boring activity a developer can be involved in is a four hour meeting you have to attend, of which the last five minutes are relevant to your job. If you are lucky. And then ***someone*** will say "oh, just one other thing..." And that'll add another hour or two.

        Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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          Is :wtf: Unit Testing is most boring activity for Developer

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          Lost User
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          Don't treat it as religious dogma. Ignore silly "rules" (which are just "some guy who thinks he has figured out software development said so, so it must be true"). Write unit tests because without them you might accidentally break things.

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          • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

            No, the most boring activity a developer can be involved in is a four hour meeting you have to attend, of which the last five minutes are relevant to your job. If you are lucky. And then ***someone*** will say "oh, just one other thing..." And that'll add another hour or two.

            Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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            You can't be sure enough that you're properly utilizing dynamic multidisciplinary channels to authoritatively cloudify end-to-end imperatives. Just saying.

            Visit my blog at Sander's bits - Writing the code you need. Or read my articles at my CodeProject profile.

            Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability. — Edsger W. Dijkstra

            Regards, Sander

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            • V VijayPd

              Is :wtf: Unit Testing is most boring activity for Developer

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              Nagy Vilmos
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              Never, ever test your code, that way you have more time to write rubbish!

              veni bibi saltavi

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              • Sander RosselS Sander Rossel

                You can't be sure enough that you're properly utilizing dynamic multidisciplinary channels to authoritatively cloudify end-to-end imperatives. Just saying.

                Visit my blog at Sander's bits - Writing the code you need. Or read my articles at my CodeProject profile.

                Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability. — Edsger W. Dijkstra

                Regards, Sander

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                I think we'd better run that up the flagpole and see if anyone salutes it.

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                • N Nagy Vilmos

                  Never, ever test your code, that way you have more time to write rubbish!

                  veni bibi saltavi

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                  Nagy Vilmos wrote:

                  Never, ever test your code, that way you have more time to write rubbish drink Gin!

                  FTFY! OT: How did the dentist go?

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                    Nagy Vilmos wrote:

                    Never, ever test your code, that way you have more time to write rubbish drink Gin!

                    FTFY! OT: How did the dentist go?

                    Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                    Two deep rooted buggers removed with large pliers and 8 novacains

                    veni bibi saltavi

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                      Two deep rooted buggers removed with large pliers and 8 novacains

                      veni bibi saltavi

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                      And when does the dentist get out of intensive care?

                      Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                      • V VijayPd

                        Is :wtf: Unit Testing is most boring activity for Developer

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                        Member 11547329 wrote:

                        Is Unit Testing is most boring activity for Developer

                        Whenever I am bored doing programming, I ask myself, why can't the computer do this, which has led to some interesting tools over the years. I still don't see why we don't have tools that generate the unit tests for us. I mean, it really isn't that hard if we were only to apply ourselves to the problem. Marc

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                        • A Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

                          Funny thing is, I don't even know what "_Unit tests_" are. :laugh: I did go to [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit\_testing) to learn something... Ended up yawning! :zzz: There was no challenge, just boring text... _[Lorem ipsum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorem\_ipsum)_ sounds better than that.

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                          Marc Clifton
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                          Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan wrote:

                          Ended up yawning!

                          I hope my e-book[^] on the subject isn't a yawner! ;) Marc

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                            Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan wrote:

                            Ended up yawning!

                            I hope my e-book[^] on the subject isn't a yawner! ;) Marc

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                            Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan
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                            I will try yawning enough before clicking on the link... ;) Thank you very much (have a +1 as thank you) for your e-book, Marc. I will give it a read thoroughly right away. :)

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                              I will try yawning enough before clicking on the link... ;) Thank you very much (have a +1 as thank you) for your e-book, Marc. I will give it a read thoroughly right away. :)

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                              Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan wrote:

                              Marc. I will give it a read thoroughly right away.

                              Heh, well, it's ok if you yawn through it too. But I would enjoy hearing your thoughts about it! Marc

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                                Is :wtf: Unit Testing is most boring activity for Developer

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                                PIEBALDconsult
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                                I test my unit frequently... :omg: Oh! You mean code! Ummm, yeah, I do that too. :-O

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                                • M Marc Clifton

                                  Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan wrote:

                                  Ended up yawning!

                                  I hope my e-book[^] on the subject isn't a yawner! ;) Marc

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                                  Hi Afzaal, Cool Answer :)

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                                    Is :wtf: Unit Testing is most boring activity for Developer

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                                    Ravi Bhavnani
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                                    Boring beats staying up till 4:00am trying to fix a critical bug in production. /ravi

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                                      Member 11547329 wrote:

                                      Is Unit Testing is most boring activity for Developer

                                      Whenever I am bored doing programming, I ask myself, why can't the computer do this, which has led to some interesting tools over the years. I still don't see why we don't have tools that generate the unit tests for us. I mean, it really isn't that hard if we were only to apply ourselves to the problem. Marc

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                                      Ravi Bhavnani
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                                      Marc Clifton wrote:

                                      I still don't see why we don't have tools that generate the unit tests for us.

                                      Clickety[^] :) /ravi

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                                        Marc Clifton wrote:

                                        I still don't see why we don't have tools that generate the unit tests for us.

                                        Clickety[^] :) /ravi

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                                        Marc Clifton
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                                        Ravi Bhavnani wrote:

                                        Clickety[^]

                                        True, but I've never tried, as I expect to be disappointed. Have you tried it? Marc

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                                          Boring beats staying up till 4:00am trying to fix a critical bug in production. /ravi

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                                          Ravi, I agree wid u. I also face this problem several times.

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