Pragmatic Unit Testing in Java 8 with JUnit

Preface

The notion of programmers writing tests to verify their own code was a shock to many in 2003, despite the fact that JUnit had been around for five years at the time. The first edition of Pragmatic Unit Testing in Java with JUnit appeared in 2003, providing a friendly overview to this new brave world of programmer unit testing.

Over a decade later, unit testing is a skill expected of most developers, even more so in Java shops. Don’t be surprised if you interview at a company and they ask how you test your code. They might also ask whether or not you test-drive your code, use things known as mock objects, or have any thoughts about how to deal with legacy dependency challenges.

Getting a job is one benefit of learning about unit testing. ...