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The Art of Unit Testing
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The Art of Unit Testing

by Roy Osherove
May 2009
Intermediate to advanced
320 pages
8h 28m
English
Manning Publications
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Test Review Guidelines

A more elaborate and always up-to-date version of these guidelines can be found at http://www.artofunittesting.com/Test_Review_Guidelines

Reviewing General Tests

  • Make sure the test does not contain logic or dynamic values 178
  • Make sure the test tests one thing only 179
  • Make sure that unit tests are separated from integration tests 180
  • Check coverage by playing with values 180
  • Make sure that testing private or protected methods is not the norm (public is always better) 182
  • Make sure there is little to no duplication of code in the tests 184
  • Make sure setup and teardown methods are not abused 188, 214
  • Make sure tests are completely isolated and repeatable 191
  • Make sure that most tests only have one assert 198
  • Make sure ...
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