Testing with JUnit

Preface

Testing with JUnit is a skill that presents much harder challenges than you might expect at first sight. This is because, despite its temptingly simple API, the tool plays ball with profound and well-conceived concepts. Hence, it's important to acquire a deep understanding of the underlying principles and practices. This avoids ending up in gridlocked development due to messed-up production and testing code.

Mastering high-quality software development driven by unit tests is about following well-attuned patterns and methods as a matter of routine rather, than reinventing the wheel on a daily basis. If you have a good perception of the conceptual requirements and a wide-ranging arsenal of solution approaches, they will empower you to continuously ...