As you may know I have been trying to
learn Test Driven Development. One thing that has always bugged me is
how much code you write just to test something. To me it seems like
you should spend most of your time writing your application not writing
tests.
Well believe it or not writing a lot of test code is
great. As I am working through examples I have realized the more
tests you write the stronger your code is. Reason I say this is
because say in 2 years when you come back to your code and add or
change something and 20 tests break, that you will probably never
notice, you know that hey there is a potential bug. When you fix that
hey you have good code because all your tests pass and you are testing
every part of your app not just a small bit of it.
So in the end I realize now that writing a A LOT of test code is a good thing because it leads to a better final product.