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By jaycfields
via blog.jayfields.com
Published: May 15 2008 / 16:21

Duplicate Code in Your Tests

Sadly, DRY has become a philosophy that is dogmatically and blindly applied to every aspect of programming. I'm a big fan of firing silver bullets but if you go that path your number one priority needs to be finding where a solution does not fit. In fact, those who have applied DRY excessively have found that there are situations when DRY may not be advantageous.

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