Comments on: Effective Tests: Custom Assertions http://lostechies.com/derekgreer/2011/06/11/effective-tests-custom-assertions/ pursuing well-crafted software Fri, 24 May 2013 07:52:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: The Morning Brew - Chris Alcock » The Morning Brew #871 http://lostechies.com/derekgreer/2011/06/11/effective-tests-custom-assertions/#comment-225 The Morning Brew - Chris Alcock » The Morning Brew #871 Mon, 13 Jun 2011 09:56:40 +0000 http://lostechies.com/derekgreer/2011/06/11/effective-tests-custom-assertions/#comment-225 [...] Effective Tests: Custom Assertions - Derek Greer continues his series on Effective Tests with a look at the use of Custom Assertions in your tests to reduce the complexity of assertation code in tests by extracting them into a custom assertion [...] [...] Effective Tests: Custom Assertions – Derek Greer continues his series on Effective Tests with a look at the use of Custom Assertions in your tests to reduce the complexity of assertation code in tests by extracting them into a custom assertion [...]

]]> By: Derek Greer http://lostechies.com/derekgreer/2011/06/11/effective-tests-custom-assertions/#comment-224 Derek Greer Sat, 11 Jun 2011 16:56:00 +0000 http://lostechies.com/derekgreer/2011/06/11/effective-tests-custom-assertions/#comment-224 I've tried to keep the series focused on the concepts involved in writing effective automated tests, not on the use of any particular testing library or framework.  That aside, your library seems to be primarily focused on expressing assertions in a fluent-style which isn't really the topic of this article. I personally haven't found the need for using a separate assertion library since my testing framework of choice is MSpec which already provides a set of Should extensions, but I would certainly encourage people using frameworks which don't provide such extensions to consider using a separate assertion library.  I'm not familiar with Fluent Assertions, but I have used Eric Hexter's Should Assertion Library which I recommend to those who like MSpec's assertion style. I’ve tried to keep the series focused on the concepts involved in writing effective automated tests, not on the use of any particular testing library or framework.  That aside, your library seems to be primarily focused on expressing assertions in a fluent-style which isn’t really the topic of this article.

I personally haven’t found the need for using a separate assertion library since my testing framework of choice is MSpec which already provides a set of Should extensions, but I would certainly encourage people using frameworks which don’t provide such extensions to consider using a separate assertion library.  I’m not familiar with Fluent Assertions, but I have used Eric Hexter’s Should Assertion Library which I recommend to those who like MSpec’s assertion style.

]]> By: Dennis Doomen http://lostechies.com/derekgreer/2011/06/11/effective-tests-custom-assertions/#comment-223 Dennis Doomen Sat, 11 Jun 2011 16:08:00 +0000 http://lostechies.com/derekgreer/2011/06/11/effective-tests-custom-assertions/#comment-223 Great article series, but I wonder why you're not suggesting using one of the many open-source assertion libraries such as my own Fluent Assertions (http://fluentassertions.codeplex.com/documentation) Great article series, but I wonder why you’re not suggesting using one of the many open-source assertion libraries such as my own Fluent Assertions (http://fluentassertions.codeplex.com/documentation)

]]> By: Dennis Doomen http://lostechies.com/derekgreer/2011/06/11/effective-tests-custom-assertions/#comment-222 Dennis Doomen Sat, 11 Jun 2011 16:04:00 +0000 http://lostechies.com/derekgreer/2011/06/11/effective-tests-custom-assertions/#comment-222 ddd ddd

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