Development with the Force.com Platform: Building Business Applications in the Cloud, Third Edition

Unit Testing

Now that the trigger is developed, you must test it. During development, taking note of the code paths and thinking about how they are best covered by unit tests is a good idea. An even better idea is to write the unit tests as you develop.

To create unit tests for the timecard validation code using the Force.com IDE, follow the same procedure as that for creating an ordinary Apex class. An optional variation on this process is to select the Test Class template from the Create New Apex Class Wizard. This generates skeleton code for a class containing only test methods.

Listing 4.44 contains unit tests for the TimecardManager class. Before each unit test, test data is inserted in a static initializer. The tests cover a simple positive ...