No matter what one writes, no matter how carefully one tries to articulate it, a non-trivial segment of the readership will interpret it differently from what one intended. So it has gone with “Integrated Tests are a Scam”. I’d like to address some common differences of interpretation. “Integrated”, not “Integration” This point might seem small, but it matters. Word matters. Meaning matters. In 2009 I presented “Integration Tests are a Scam” to an audience at the Agile (Nort...
