TDD: Resist Integration Tests
The expense of an integration test can be extremely high. Consider the contentment app. This app makes drawings 1) that distribute across time, as if they were being drawn live in front of you, 2) that are generated stochastically, 3) with a "pixel-inaccessible" framework. Now, it’s important to understand that none of these problems are insurmountable. Before you tell me how you’d surmount them, let me tell you how I could. 1) screw time. Rig it so it draws as …