Lasse Koskela, Effective Unit Testing

https://www.manning.com/books/effective-unit-testing


I am really enjoying this book, the Author reflects about the STRATEGIC importance of well written Unit Tests as a way to DRIVE development.

It focuses also on the importance of writing SIMPLE CODE and avoid unnecessary complication:

"One of the worst offenders of code quality and a major contributor to
developers’ productivity crawling to a halt is accidental complexity.
Accidental complexity is unnecessary complexity. It’s complexity that could
be avoided by substituting a simpler design that still meets the requirements. Sometimes
we programmers like to demonstrate our mental capacity by producing such
complex designs that we have trouble understanding them ourselves. I will bet you
recognize that primal instinct in yourself, too. The problem with complex designs is
that complexity kills productivity and unnecessary complexity is, well, unnecessary
and counterproductive."