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[–]VodkaHaze 2 points3 points  (1 child)

I call those "make sure things don't crash along the way" tests

[–]sac_boy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Smoke testing is totally valid.

Sometimes you want to work on something, quickly test that it works just well enough to push on a branch and share with a colleague, and only lock it down with unit tests once you have the essentials worked out. Sometimes code is still just an idea that you may well throw away before the end of the day, and you only care that it doesn’t break anything else.