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Clean Architecture: A Craftsman's Guide to Software Structure and Design
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Clean Architecture: A Craftsman's Guide to Software Structure and Design

by Robert C. Martin
September 2017
Intermediate to advanced
432 pages
8h 20m
English
Pearson
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28THE TEST BOUNDARY

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Yes, that’s right: The tests are part of the system, and they participate in the architecture just like every other part of the system does. In some ways, that participation is pretty normal. In other ways, it can be pretty unique.

TESTS AS SYSTEM COMPONENTS

There is a great deal of confusion about tests. Are they part of the system? Are they separate from the system? Which kinds of tests are there? Are unit tests and integration tests different things? What about acceptance tests, functional tests, Cucumber tests, TDD tests, BDD tests, component tests, and so on?

It is not the role of this book to get embroiled in that particular ...

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