Supporting Unit Test

You find an error during FunctionalTesting. Rather than just fix it, you:

This is better than simply fixing the FunctionalTest, because:
  1. You are more focused when fixing the defect. You have to make a specific, concrete hypothesis about the source of the error. You can't just go around adding one and negating until the functional test runs.
  2. You now have a UnitTest (likely to be run more often than a FunctionalTest) that will blow up if the error recurs


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