Prove Each Golden Can Fail Before You Refactor the Messy Repo
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A characterization test that cannot fail is documentation. Documentation will not catch your refactor. That is the whole thesis. Capture behavior first, then prove the capture can break, then make one change. The order matters more than any tool. This post gives you three small scripts and one habi…
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Prove Each Golden Can Fail Before You Refactor the Messy Repo