Cal Paterson • 4/23/2020

The argument against clearing the database between tests

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This article challenges the common practice of clearing the database between automated tests. It argues that keeping test data can improve speed, correctness, and parallelism. The author explains the required mindset shift and provides examples for writing tests that don't assume a clean database state.

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