RubyConf · November 2017
High Cost Tests and High Value Tests
There is a value in writing tests and there is also a cost. The currency is time. The trade-offs are difficult to evaluate because the cost and value are often seen by different people. The writer of the test bears much of the short term cost while long term benefits and cost are borne by the rest of the team. By planning around both the the cost and value of your tests, you’ll improve your tests and your code.
"What was interesting about this one was learning in real time from the audience just how slow their test suites ran..."
