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Shared factories: good or bad?
RSpec allows users to share factories across tests / examples, which would reduce the number of code lines in my app by a significant amount.
On the other hand, one of the reasons why I'm using ...
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Stubbing and mocking boundaries
Suppose I'm building a JSON API and would like to include an endpoint that returns a list of recently created posts. Somewhere in my system is an existing Post model with the following test:
create ...
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Understanding unit tests/TDD for ASP.NET webforms [closed]
I'm the lead programmer at a small software firm (currently 4 developers including myself), we develop bespoke ASP.NET WebForms applications for businesses. I joined there in 2010 just after ...
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In TDD, if I write a test case that passes without modifying production code, what does that mean?
These are Robert C. Martin's rules for TDD:
You are not allowed to write any production code unless it is to
make a failing unit test pass.
You are not allowed to write any more
of a unit test than ...
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2answers
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Can I start with a passing unit test?
Uncle Bob's rules for TDD are specified here.
You are not allowed to write any production code unless it is to
make a failing unit test pass.
You are not allowed to write any more
of a unit test ...
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Why is test driven development missing from Joel's Test?
I was reading this blog by Joel Spolsky about 12 steps to better code. The absence of Test Driven Development really surprised me. So I want to throw the question to the Gurus. Is TDD not really worth ...
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Functional testing and Acceptance testing leading to redundant code
What I know is:
A Functional test aims to test a single component (like a WebApp's Controller) from the point of view of the developer. => Did I achieve all the requirements to make it work well?
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Helper static methods in TDD
I am creating an application which will be testable(unit + integration). In this application I have a FileHelper static class,
public static class FileHelper
{
public static void ...
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Why is it often said that the test cases need to be made before we start coding? [duplicate]
Why is it often said that the test cases need to be made before we start coding?
What are its pros and what the cons if we don't listen to this advice?
Moreover, does that advice refer to black box ...
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How can I test database access methods in Java? [closed]
I want to write a test for a method that accesses a database such as following.
public class MyClass{
public String getAddress(Int id){
String query = "Select * from Address where ...
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4answers
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Do unit tests sometimes break encapsulation?
I very often hear the following: "If you want to test private methods, you'd better put that in another class and expose it."
While sometimes that's the case and we have a hiding concept inside our ...
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1answer
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How to unit test image processing code?
I'm working in image processing (mainly OCR) and I wonder how I should integrate unit tests in my development.
I'm already using unit tests for more "common" type of code but when dealing with image ...
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TDD, BDD or both?
I'm a little bit confused about BDD. I'm doing TDD currently.
My question is whether BDD is complementary to TDD or it's a whole new thing and my team should do both TDD and BDD? Or is it enough to ...
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Methods for testing a very large application
I have a PHP app which is very large. There are usually 2-3 developers working on it full time and we are getting to the point where we are making changes and creating bugs (cough features!). The ...
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What is a normal “functional lines of code” to “test lines of code” ratio?
I'm pretty new to TDD approach and my first experiments say that writing 1 line of functional code means writing about 2-3 lines of testing code. So, in case I'm going to write 1000 LOC, the whole ...
