112: Six Principles of Readable Tests - David Seddon

"Code is read much more often than it is written." - Guido van Rossum
 This is true for both production code and test code.
When you are trying to understand why a test is failing, you'll be very grateful to the test author if they've taken the care to make it readable.
David Seddon came up with 6 principles to help us write more readable tests.
 We discuss these, as well as more benefits of readable tests.
David's 6 Principles of Readable Tests:
  1. Profit from the work of others
  2. Put naming to work
  3. Show only what matters
  4. Don’t repeat yourself
  5. Arrange, act, assert
  6. Aim high
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Brian Okken
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