Unit testing is a method by which individual units of source code are tested to determine if they are fit for use.
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Verifying the type of an AggregateException's inner exception in a unit test
I've got the following code inside an integration test.
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Testing quicksort user input
I am testing a quicksort implementation. Arrays of random size with random data are passed to quicksort and the return time is averaged out. The user is prompted to enter values for
minimum length ...
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Unit Testing an AppInfo class
I have never written a unit test and I am really new to C#. I am attempting to test a method, am I testing for the right things here?
The Method
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Unit-testing account transaction code
I'm playing with unit-testing in Ruby. There is a situation that I don't know if is good enough or if I am doing the wrong abstraction.
I have two classes: ...
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JUnit extending abstract test class
I have been thinking quite some time and asked an StackOverflow question about extending abstract test classes, but I haven't been able to do it until now.
I'll list my approach and then discuss some ...
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FuseMonsterAction implementation and unit tests
I'd like to get a general review on the following code, and I'll highlight an extra point below:
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Using the builder pattern to build mock objects and nested builders
No, this question has no roosting construction workers.
I'm not sure if what I'm doing is a good use of the builder pattern or whether its a bastardization of what its intended purpose was. I'm ...
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Using shims to turn my integration tests into unit tests
I want to understand how to properly unit test a function such as this. The function doesn't return anything, but it does call other functions that themselves have already been unit tested. My ...
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Python Best Practices - File Validation and Unit Testing
I just started a new project which reads in a video file and splits it up into frames. I started by just throwing everything in the GUI, but decided I wanted to make this a more well designed program, ...
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Testing individual nodes launched by naught using supertest
The purpose: an express node.js server which can be launched using naught, with an integration test using supertest. Each worker naught runs will test itself on a unique port, and only if passes it ...
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This TDD code seems noisy
This is my very-first-ever run at TDD. How did I do?
In keeping with Uncle Bob's Three Rules, I wrote every test first, starting in order from the top down as you see here (below). Here's the ...
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Hard-to-test 3 Tier Architecture
I'm having trouble testing some code. It's laid out in such a way that the business logic relies on the persistence layer.
Some classes require that an object be saved to a database. Some classes ...
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Create better Unit test
Question: Is there anything you could do in order to improve the test?
I am using Spring Framework 4, Hibernate 4, JUnit 4. All DAO unit tests inherit from TestDaoSetup class:
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Loop cleanly through different classes
If I have a number of different classes which manage certain tests. At the moment I have to launch each test individually which results in a lot of if statements.
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Unit tests for an argument-checking class
I am wondering if my current unit tests could be written better, I am most interested in whether it is possible to make the code look more concise, as currently it a boiler-plated mess.
I have full ...
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Writing better JUnit tests
I am using Spring Framework, Hibernate and JUnit. I am testing persisting of a UserEntity.
The UserEntity has the following associations:
ManyToMany - City
ManyToMany - ActivityCategory
ManyToOne ...
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Markup calculator application using MVC
I want to make sure that the code is correct in terms of its design, code correctness, best practices & Junit testing.
The complete description is given below:
Functioning of the app quickly ...
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Trading Card Game's Hand class and tests
As part of a Trading Card Game, I have created a Hand that will need to hold all cards that a player currently has in his hand. The code is built using Java 8.
The ...
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Automatically run doctest every time program is run
I would like this to happen every time I run a program from the command line. Is my approach Pythonic? I'm interested to know whether there is any problem with readability or correctness. Any general ...
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Unit tests: to cast or not to cast?
Suppose the following example unit test for an ASP.NET MVC controller:
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Server side validations and unit testing in MVP
We are following passive controller approach and when user clicks on submit, server side validations are fired. There are many other fields on the screen that needs to be validated.
I would like to ...
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Testing async API calls using Jasmine 2.0
I'm upgrading my project from YouTube's V2 API to their V3 API. I'm also taking the time to upgrade to Jasmine 2.0 since I already need to look at my test cases.
Here's a couple of test cases and the ...
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Schedule class (exercise for test driven development)
Schedule is a simple class that could be used in program to manage when a task should be repeated (a todo list, for example). Its constructor requires a start date and an optional end date. Then type ...
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Ranking a variant array with variable dimensions
I'm doing VBA macros and need to use Arrays of values extensively. After the below help from @TonyDallimore in StackOverflow, I've decided to use nested variant arrays.
VBA chrashes when trying to ...
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Refactoring method to make it unit testing friendly
I have a completed application which I'm trying to write unit tests for (Yeah I know, talk about bad practices)
I have the following class here
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Am I over-engineering?
So I just jumped to a new project, which uses activerecord pattern. It's a subscription service website.
I have the following User object that extends a framework specific ORM object.
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Sudoku Solver: what are good ways to avoid the deepcopy?
In an effort to teach myself some python and programming in general I made a Sudoku Solver (as many others have done before me from what I can tell). The one thing that bugs me a little is my use of ...
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Unit Testing Datalayer written in ADO.net
I have datalayer code as below which is implementing an interface as:
Note: I have hand written this code on Notepad so it may contain some typo errors, which you can gracefully ignore. I am ...
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Using a Pythonesque range() generator function with the Java foreach loop
Now that we have the nice new foreach loop in Java, the old-style loop looks ugly be comparison.
I like the way Python has a range() generator that allows the ...
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Do my unit tests follow best practices?
I've watched quite a few videos and read a couple of articles on unit testing and I've tried my best to make this test case as good as possible. In which areas can it still be improved?
I should ...
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Unit tests using C#, Moq, AutoFixture, FluentAssertions
Could you give any suggestion on the following unit tests? How to make it more readable, maintainable and trustworthy. If it is not a problem - post some code with the suggestions.
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First time BDD: Testing the same things in both acceptance and unit tests
I just tried BDD for the first time and implemented a simple Semantic Versioning Bumper in Python.
The class takes a version string in the format of major.minor.patch (i.e. 3.2.2, where major=3, ...
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Structuring unit tests
I have settled with this type of structuring of unit tests.
Basic idea is that there is a base test class for the tested class, and a subclass for every tested method. They use the mocks and ...
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Implement strtod parsing
In this comment the OP wrote,
I am a newbie so i would like to know how would i parse the negetive numbers/arguments ?
In this answer @200_success showed an implementation using the strtod ...
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Unit testing - test class inheritance vs single test class [closed]
Which unit testing approach and WHY do you prefer?
Inheritance-driven-testing
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Just a lowly counter that turned out to be surprisingly complicated
While writing this review, I saw a need for a Counter object similar to Python's. It seemed like it would be easy to write such a class, but it turned out to be ...
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Create and destroy object in Unit Test
I have some doubt when I should create an object in an Unit Test when the object needs to be stopped cleanly.
Usecase:
I have a class ComplexClass which has 3 functions:
Start(): starts a Thread
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Writing and reading of a custom binary protocol
I'm currently trying to develop some code that will handle parsing and building of a custom binary protocol. The protocol itself
is still fairly fluid but the basic core features are decided. These ...
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Read Lines From IIS Log
The purpose of this class is to read an IIS log (or multiple ones). One thing to note is that the columns can differ based on settings in IIS.
So a couple of concerns that I have:
Is The ILogReader ...
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Doctest for a method that expects a filename parameter [closed]
This method gets a file_name string as an argument. What if I don't want to pass a file_name in the doctest?
I just want to ...
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How should I structure my Unit tests for minimal Asserts?
I always see comments about how a Unit Test should only be testing one piece of functionality. For the most part, I definitely agree with that assessment. However, I'm working on testing a method ...
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Simple Hello World with unit tests
This is a simple hello world sample project used for instruction. I'm just looking for general comments on the approach and design.
AdvancedHelloWorldTest.java
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Where to put common method used in controllers that calls service layer?
I have an asp.net mvc5 web application using the repository pattern, and I have several controllers that need to call my _loggingService (queries audit logs) to get the last updated information for ...
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Are these the right type of unit tests to write?
Trying to get an understanding of proper unit testing, I've read up quite a bit and found myself writing tests like the ones that follow. Based on "best practices" etc., how am I doing as far as ...
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Measuring a method executing time
I have been playing around with some improvements to some sort algorithms like Selection Sort and Merge Sort and I ended up needing some sort of measurement to check if my versions were any faster ...
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PHP wrapper around an API - best practices
Here's a PHP wrapper around a public OAuth2 REST API. I would love to hear your thoughts and comments. Testing was a bit frustrating since I tried for my first time. Not sure if I have done the ...
