# Pragmatic Unit Testing: Balancing Test Coverage and Code Quality

DevFeed: [Pragmatic Unit Testing: Balancing Test Coverage and Code Quality](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/keep-your-unit-testing-lazy-35426.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://darkcoding.net/software/keep-your-unit-testing-lazy/>)

Author: Graham King

Published: 2007-12-19T18:49:39Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Graham King](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/graham-king.md>)

Topics: [Testing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/testing.md>), [Unit testing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/unit-testing.md>), [Test-driven development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tdd.md>), [test-coverage](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/test-coverage.md>), [Code quality](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code-quality.md>)

Tags: [code-coverage](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code-coverage.md>), [code-quality](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code-quality.md>), [software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software.md>), [tdd](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tdd.md>), [testing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/testing.md>), [unit-testing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/unit-testing.md>)

## AI overview

The article argues for a pragmatic approach to unit testing: write enough tests to establish functional correctness while avoiding excessive test code and the diminishing returns of pursuing complete code coverage. It presents this balance as a way to optimize value and keep testing simple and effective.

## Source excerpt

Finding the sweet spot: Pragmatic unit testing for optimal code quality.