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Monthly Archives: March 2011
Effective Tests: How Faking It Can Help You
In part 1 of our Test-First example, I presented a Test-Driven Development primer before beginning our exercise. One of the techniques I’d like to discuss a little further before we continue is the TDD practice of using fake implementations as … Continue reading
Effective Tests: A Test-First Example – Part 1
The last installment of our series introduced Test-First Programming and briefly discussed its refinements: Test-Driven Development and Behavior-Driven Development. This time, we’ll dive into a simple Test First example using the principles of Test-Driven Development along with some of the … Continue reading
Effective Tests: Test First
In the last installment of our series, I presented a simple example of a traditional unit test. In this article, we’ll discuss a completely different way to use unit tests: Test First Programming. Test-First Programming In the book Extreme Programming … Continue reading
Effective Tests: A Unit Test Example
In the introduction to our series, I introduced some common types of automated tests: Unit Tests, Integration Tests, and Acceptance Tests. In this article, we’ll take a look at a traditional approach to unit testing and discuss a few practices … Continue reading
Effective Tests: Introduction
This is the first installment of a series discussing topics surrounding effective automated testing. Automated testing can be instrumental to both the short and long-term success of a project. Unfortunately, it is too often overlooked due to either a lack … Continue reading