# Why on Earth would I test if I have to just "Let it crash"? Laura Castro on Property-Based Testing

**URL:** <https://forum.devtalk.com/t/why-on-earth-would-i-test-if-i-have-to-just-let-it-crash-laura-castro-on-property-based-testing/18439>\
**Category:** Blogs/Articles/Talks/Podcasts\
**Tags:** elixir, talk\
**Created:** [22 August 2021 00:33 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/why-on-earth-would-i-test-if-i-have-to-just-let-it-crash-laura-castro-on-property-based-testing/18439 "2021-08-22T00:33:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![adolfont](https://forum.devtalk.com/user_avatar/forum.devtalk.com/adolfont/32/692_2.png) [@adolfont](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/adolfont)\
**Post date:** [22 August 2021 00:33 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/why-on-earth-would-i-test-if-i-have-to-just-let-it-crash-laura-castro-on-property-based-testing/18439/1 "2021-08-22T00:33:31Z")

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Laura Castro gave this lecture to my Introduction to Functional Programming class

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/6gu9EXRraG8/maxresdefault.jpg "Why on Earth would I test if I have to just "Let it crash"? Laura Castro on Property-Based Testing") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gu9EXRraG8)

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**Author:** ![AstonJ](https://forum.devtalk.com/user_avatar/forum.devtalk.com/astonj/32/7_2.png) [@AstonJ](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/AstonJ)\
**Post date:** [22 August 2021 00:48 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/why-on-earth-would-i-test-if-i-have-to-just-let-it-crash-laura-castro-on-property-based-testing/18439/3 "2021-08-22T00:48:18Z")

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This looks really good too Adolfo… and I’m really interested in your Introduction to Functional Programming course. I wonder if you could do a thread about it? Maybe include some details of what you cover, and, if all the videos are available online, maybe add links to them too (or links to their individual threads as and when you post them) - I am sure lots of people will be interested in it :003: