World Congress 2021 • Jun 29, 2021

How To Test A Ball of Mud

Ryan Latta

Stop using mocks as painkillers for bad architecture. Learn how to tame your monolithic codebase by enforcing strict test independence and deleting obsolete failing tests.

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Reimagining test automation dynamics as spinning top mechanisms

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Navigating legacy systems and unconventional software testing practices

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Refactoring architectural messes like the big ball of mud

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Applying key software design rules to test code

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Shifting to a culture of continuous proof and best practices

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