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nigamanth on Feb 12, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Start test names with “should” (2020)

GIVEN X and Y SHOULD Z works, but don't you think that it lowers the meaning of the statement; essentially you're putting Y SHOULD Z in a conditional? Y SHOULD Z would work better, right?

zoover2020 on Feb 12, 2023 [–]

We do exactly this for the happy paths. GIVEN steps are for preconditions to get into the unhappy paths

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