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		rhizome on Aug 16, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The traits of a proficient programmer I think testing has inherent benefits regardless of understanding.

Retra on Aug 17, 2016 [–]

Are you talking about some specific testing methodology, or does "running your code and seeing if it works" count?

rhizome on Aug 17, 2016 | [–]

Seeing if it runs is probably the absolute minimum of any testing methodology, but my point is that (passing) tests are always good.

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