The Art of Unit Testing by Roy Osherove
A summary:
Why test?
Allows you to make changes with confidence that your functionality will be as expected.
What makes a good tests?
- Must be deterministic.
- Must be quick (otherwise you won’t run them, and as a result, may merge in bugs).
- Allows for greater coverage of the logic in you code - almost every part is covered.
- When refactoring - it tests that your tests are good.
- Start with a failing test. Then make it pass.
But there’s still no guarantee…
- Writing tests, doesn’t mean you’ll get a well designed system.
- Writing bad tests? You’ll probably waste more time than you save.
Basics
Convention:
- Project - Test project called:
ProjectUnderTest
.UnitTests
.
Written on October 19, 2022