How to Use Objects: Code and Concepts

Chapter 5. Testing

Testing is an activity not much loved in the development community: You have to write code that does not contribute a shred of new functionality to your application, and the writing is frustrating, too, because most of the time the tests do not run through, so that you have to spend even more time on figuring out whether the test or the application code is wrong. Some people think that the reason for hiring special test engineers is to shield the real developers from the chores of testing and let them get on with their work.

Fortunately, the ^{28,29,172,171,92}agile development movement has taught us otherwise: Testing is not the ...