What Marc Littlemore thinks about design

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British senior engineering manager at Netlify, previously a team lead at the BBC; writes about JavaScript testing, chatbots and serverless at marclittlemore.com.

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1. 24 Jul 2021

   Our readingCode that is difficult to test is a sign of other design problems.

   Their wordsNot being able to test your code well is a "code smell" - something which doesn't feel right and suggests that there are other problems.

   ↗Improving Your Workflow with JavaScript Testing: Best Practicesmarclittlemore.com 2nd of 3 in this piece

3. 24 Jul 2021

   Our readingThe goal of testing should be tests that are easy to understand and maintain, not high coverage of everything.

   Their wordsThe goal is to write tests that are easy to understand and maintain, not to test everything.

   ↗Improving Your Workflow with JavaScript Testing: Best Practicesmarclittlemore.com 3rd of 3 in this piece