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Effective Unit Testing: A guide for Java Developers
Code is written by humans who make mistakes - hence bugs and the need for testing. Savvy Java developers know that not all testing is created equal. In addition to traditional functional testing, many shops are adopting developer testing techniques such as unit testing. Specific, automated tests are created to verify the accuracy and function of code while or even before
Paperback, 248 pages
Published
February 13th 2013
by Manning Publications
(first published May 28th 2012)
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Mar 23, 2013
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"Effective Unit Testing" felt familiar to me. I think it is because I read "Test Driven" and saw the author present some of the content from this title at the 2012 Server Side Java Symposium. You can get a feel for some of the smells from my live blog post of that session http://www.selikoff.net/2011/03/16/te...
Part one sets the stage. It walks you through a hypothetical teams journey - no tests tests test driven! I liked the examples of bad code and bad test examples. And I really like the e ...more
Part one sets the stage. It walks you through a hypothetical teams journey - no tests tests test driven! I liked the examples of bad code and bad test examples. And I really like the e ...more
A nice book on unit testing. Even though written for Java developers, I believe most developers with only a smattering of Java can understand most of the first two parts of the book, since it carries across to any xUnit framework for any programmming language x of comparable power (say Python or C#).
Chapter one can be used to motivate the newcomer to unit testing, while chapter two is a well-written and stimulating overview of what is to come in the following chapters.
Chapter three, which ends t ...more
Chapter one can be used to motivate the newcomer to unit testing, while chapter two is a well-written and stimulating overview of what is to come in the following chapters.
Chapter three, which ends t ...more
Muy bueno en lineas generales, buena clasificación de test y muy desarrollado cada uno, usos eficientes y problemas habituales... Habla de groovy para explayar un poco y no ser puro java pero por hablar, se queda corto en las ventajas del lenguaje... Los anexos son en su mayoría de cosas ya explicadas, solo agregan el concepto de runner junit que me parecio muy bueno... Muy bueno el capitulo de mejorar la velocidad de los test y de junit parametrizado
Not a bad book but didn't match my expectations: I was expecting a more advanced or deeper book but the book provided hardly anything new. Probably good for beginners.
Didn't like to conversational writing style, could have been condensed a lot. But that might also be a good way to keep the book more approachable for beginners.
Didn't like to conversational writing style, could have been condensed a lot. But that might also be a good way to keep the book more approachable for beginners.
I picked this book as someone new to Java to learn about writing unit tests for that specific language. In that sense, I was disappointed and will likely pick up another book to help me understand how unit testing applies to Java and the tools available for this work (such as jUnit and Hamcrest). The book does offer an approachable look at what makes a (subjectively) good unit test, and I would recommend this book before reading something more academic like Xunit Test Patterns: Refactoring Test
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The book describes decent, practical set of test smells and solutions I personally have both encourtered and produced myself over the years. Some more advanced and complex cases would've been nice.
This book assumes previous Unit testing experience. Beneficial to people who have written lot of test cases and looking to improve their skills. (Java Based)
Effective Unit Testing is a must read for new developers and testers. The author dives deep into what makes a good test and in doing so also shows how these tests can lead to better code design.
This might not be new information for experienced developers that are comfortable with unit testing. However if you are unable or unwilling to write good unit tests this book is simple to read and very valuable.
The methods discussed in this book can also be extended for integration testing as well so I'd ...more
This might not be new information for experienced developers that are comfortable with unit testing. However if you are unable or unwilling to write good unit tests this book is simple to read and very valuable.
The methods discussed in this book can also be extended for integration testing as well so I'd ...more
Muy buen libro de buenas prácticas para la implementación de test unitarios. Es una especie de Clean Code, pero para unit testing :)
Very nice book with tons of useful content. The problem is that it's neither for beginners nor for very advanced developers. In other words, read it and read it well, but don't set your expectations too high. You'll learn from it, but then there will still be more.
This book was extremely informative and very engaging, a rare combo.
I think I'll finally be able to use these philosophies and methodologies in my own work now. Just because I read a book doesn't mean I'm "test-infected," but maybe I will be soon--here goes.
I think I'll finally be able to use these philosophies and methodologies in my own work now. Just because I read a book doesn't mean I'm "test-infected," but maybe I will be soon--here goes.
Good principles. A bit much redundancy on the pre and post summaries of every single section though.
Very good! And short. I found it quite orthodox from a TDD perspective and I recommend it.
Its a perfect book for people who dont know anything abou unit test and people who do.
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