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How to keep unit tests independent?
I've read it at many places that unit tests should be independent. In my case I have a class that does data transformation. These steps must be done sequentially, otherwise they don't make sense. For ...
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Can automation QA/Tester work in SDET profile
Since two years I've been working in automation testing profile that involves developing test frameworks using selenium,watir,JUnit. I now want to enhance my profile technically. Over a period of time ...
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Unit Testing and “Fit”
I am reading Cristopher Alexander's "Notes on the Synthesis of Form", and he is describing a solution to a problem as having good fit, when there is an absence of bad fit; we can't describe all of the ...
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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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How can I unit-test my REST web service?
I am new to unit testing, I've one REST web method that just calls DB and populates a DTO. Pseudo code is
public object GetCustomer(int id)
{
CustomerDTO objCust = //get from DB
return objCust;
}
...
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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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3answers
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Brittle unit tests due to need for excessive mocking
I've been struggling with an increasingly annoying problem regarding our unit tests that we are implementing in my team. We are attempting to add unit tests into legacy code that wasn't well designed ...
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1answer
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Unit testing in Django
I'm really struggling to write effective unit tests for a large Django project. I have reasonably good test coverage, but I've come to realize that the tests I've been writing are definitely ...
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6answers
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Is there a reason that tests aren't written inline with the code that they test?
I've been reading a bit about Literate Programming recently, and it got me thinking... Well-written tests, especially BDD-style specs can do a better job at explaining what code does than prose does, ...
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2answers
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Event Driven Programming: A sequence of unfortunate events
I have a very basic game loop whose primary purpose is to check for updates & changes to a list.
I have contemplated using event driven programming to replace the game loop/list idea with an ...
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3answers
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Relative value of manual vs automated testing
The organisation I work for has recently employed a testing officer to run manual tests, but when I asked about being given time as a developer to write unit tests the response was that the manual ...
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2answers
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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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4answers
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Is path coverage stronger than condition coverage?
I have encountered (even in literature) two contradicting opinions related to path vs condition coverage (not branch or edge!). Some say Path coverage is stronger than the condition coverage, some say ...
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How do I know if I have enough unit test coverage to remove an integration test?
I'm working on a legacy system (by that I mean it was written without tests). We've tried to test some of the system by writing integration tests that test functionality from the outside.
This ...
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3answers
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Is unconditional code considered a branch?
Having simple code like this:
int A=5;
object X=Console.ReadLine()
if(Condition)
DoSomething();
else
DoStuff();
DoSomethingElse();
Some sources say there are actually 4 branches: First ...
