Tip 6: Don't be dogmatic
There are a lot of best practices for testing that may or may not apply to your situation. Should you have one assertion per test? Should you use mocks and stubs? Should you use Test Driven Development? Or Behavior Driven Development? Should you do interaction or state-based testing? While all of these practices have real benefits, remember that their applicability and value depends largely on your project, schedule, and team.
Don't be afraid to play, but don't feel like you need to convert everything to the one, true way to test. It's fine to have a suite that mixes and matches these best practices. In other words, context is king.
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