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10 questions linked to/from Should we test all our methods?
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Testing a function that only calls one or two other functions [duplicate]
The short version
The code
As part of TDD, we often end up with functions that follow this pattern:
function onSendRequestForSelected() {
this.deselectStepsWithRequest();
this....
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Value of unit testing property setters to check events [duplicate]
When coding in WPF with the MVVM pattern, it's common to see a lot of property get/set statements that raise an event, which can then be picked up by the UI layer.
public string Address
{
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Unit testing trivial cases [duplicate]
Currently we don't do much testing at our company, except some manual checking. We occasionally create some unit tests, integration tests and ui tests, but not on a regular basis. Since a new project ...
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unit testing a mocked class [duplicate]
I'm currently writing unit tests for my PHP code. I've read that unit tests should not interract with external elements such as network and filesystem.
In my code i have a curl wrapper class to ...
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When is it appropriate to not unit test?
I work in a small company as a solo developer. I'm the only developer at the company in fact. I have several (relatively) large projects I've written and maintain regularly, and none of them have ...
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Where is the line between unit testing application logic and distrusting language constructs?
Consider a function like this:
function savePeople(dataStore, people) {
people.forEach(person => dataStore.savePerson(person));
}
It might be used like this:
myDataStore = new Store('some ...
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My unit test looks very similar to the class I'm testing. How do I support my stance that the test is, in fact, correct?
I'm working on a boilerplate component that's supposed to generate a working sort-of "getting started" project structure. Think of it, in a web app context, of a component that will generate a ...
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How to decide what forms the System Under Test
Ok, so we started with the initial version of "The Art Of Unit Testing" and we do unit tests for classes where every test covers one aspect of one method.
This has the drawback of high maintenance ...
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What concept am I missing with private methods and testing? [duplicate]
I've read a lot o blogs arguing about private methods and testing. Some people say you should not test private methods, they say you should make them public or put those methods in a new class.
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Dry refactoring against database
Our database has an Attribute table and a WorkItem table that are in a many to many relationship using a WorkItemAttribute table. The WorkItemAttribute table contains the foreign keys for each and a ...
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