Chapter 8. The pillars of good unit tests
This chapter covers
- Writing trustworthy tests
- Writing maintainable tests
- Writing readable tests
- Exploring naming conventions for unit tests
No matter how you organize your tests, or how many you have, they’re worth very little if you can’t trust them, maintain them, or read them. The tests that you write should have three properties that together make them good:
- Trustworthiness —Developers will want to run trustworthy tests, and they’ll accept the test results with confidence. Trustworthy tests don’t have bugs, and they test the right things.
- Maintainability —Unmaintainable tests are nightmares because they can ruin project schedules, or they may be sidelined when the project is put on a more aggressive ...
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