#RegressionTests

2025-10-13

Ever get confused about what exactly is meant when people talk about #UnitTests, #IntegrationTests, #RegressionTests, and #SmokeTests? I wrote a little something about them to, hopefully, explain the differences and overlap: cassandrahl.com/blog/on-unit-i

#Quality #Testing #SoftwareTesting #QualityEngineering

David Cantrell 🏏DrHyde@fosstodon.org
2022-12-24

Now waiting for CI to slowly grind through all the tests. That takes FOR EVER, and has already found one nasty edge-case I'd not considered. Yay for thorough #RegressionTests!

2019-05-12

And maybe, #LondonStyle #TDD tests should not be called #UnitTests at all, they are more design drivers than tests. And for any significant #Refactoring they have little to no value anymore as #RegressionTests.

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