Questions tagged [unit-testing]
Unit testing is a method by which individual units of source code are tested to determine if they are fit for use.
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How do you test a function which is composed of other functions that rely on a db connection?
I have written this function which checks if a user already exists in the application:
async function ValidateUserExists(username, email){
if(!username || !email) throw new Error('Invalid number of ...
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Do I need to unit test a generic method with all accepted types?
For a method whose signature looks like this:
public T Add<T>(T first, T second) where T : struct, IEquatable<T>, IComparable<T>
which can work with all of the integral types, do I ...
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Should test code be treated as normal code? [duplicate]
I remember reading on someone else's post that test code should not be treated as normal code but as small whole programs and that is an idea I really like and would like to refer to when discussing ...
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Testing Stored procedure correctness
Suppose you have 2 stored procedure, let's say a GetProducts and a GetProductDetails.
Now, the GetProducts returns a list of products with a property that is "calculated" basing on additional ...
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How to test required but accidental functionality?
For example, let's say I write a container class, which supports 2 kinds of operations:
insert(x): inserts an element
get_all(): retrieves all previously inserted elements
Maybe it has some kind of ...
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Unit tests branch best practices [closed]
I'd like advice about on the best practice for Pull Requests organizing on middle size project. Especially relating to Unit Testing.
Currently we create branch for each feature, what is practically ...
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Is testing UI components considered to be unit testing? [closed]
My UI components are tightly coupled with my UI framework (i.e. Vue + Vuetify). The framework provides some testing utilities that allow you to fake the rendering of these components without the need ...
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What to test when testing an API? [closed]
When testing an API (with, for example, Java), what parts should I actually be testing when calling methods of my Controller class (e.g. a Spring RestController)?
For example, lets say I've got a ...
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Are refactorings expected to change unit tests that cover the functionality that is being refactored?
Imagine that you are using a tool that automatically applies a set of refactorings of your choice. If the refactorings breaks the existing API for whatever reason (e.g. change method name, ...
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Documenting business logics of legacy application having no unit test
I have joined a team in company and this team owns few services, which are used widely by many other user facing internal/external UI apps and other internal apis.
My manager gave me rough idea that ...
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Writing assertion for unit testing queue data structure
I have data structure queue with 2 operations:
typedef struct queue queue
void enqueue(queue *q, void *elem);
void *dequeue(queue *q);
queue *read_from_file(const char *path);
I want to write ...
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Unit tests: tree of dependent tests
I frequently encounter situation where I have very basic tests, and if those fail, it doesn't make sense to run many other tests.
Therefore I want to declare a tree of dependencies between my tests, ...
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Balancing function call overhead and testability in a code that is a part of the deep learning model training loop
I am currently implementing the transformer architecture for sequence to sequence problems. Key part of the model is the attention mechanism, which is basically a matrix multiplication, followed by a ...
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Should I do migration testing if the new library needs a different testing suite?
I'm using a pretty old library to make server requests which is not properly tested and it not really matching nowadays requirements, so the plan is to migrate to a new one over the next release. So ...
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Are there advantages to testing accessors separately?
If I were to have a class with a property on it should I be testing the get and set functionalities separately or together?
class MyObject
{
public string Name { get; set; }
}
[TestClass]
class ...
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Which code to unit-test? [closed]
It is widely accepted, that UT's are necessary for any large project with automated testing. However, it is rarely the case, that 100% of the production code is covered by UT's.
There are of course, ...
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Mock db out or not during testing?
I am writing an app that mainly consists of just creating, editing and reading records in database. I was persuaded that any app has to be covered with tests. I was told that it's a good practice to ...
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Mocking dbContext vs Repository [closed]
I use entity framework with Repository Pattern. while searching for means of writing unit test cases that run isolated from the database I found some people mocking the database context and others ...
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Unit Testing order with contained & inherited objects
I'm confused about unit testing order. Many posts in StackOverflow say that unit test should be independent and small. IMHO, in the case of aggregation or composition, the member objects should be ...
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Is it ok to write asserts on objects returned by a factory when the factory is the system under test?
I have code that follows this pattern.
Class Factory
build:
returns: Add|Remove|Stub
takes: property1, property2, property3
Class Add
execute: does something
takes: ...
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Unit test input values - validate or not?
I am manually creating a rather large data model as input to my unit tests. Data model is created using a number of builders. Developers use these builders in order to create the data model as they ...
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How to avoid ad hoc constructor for unit testing
According to the answer in this post Should my classes have separate constructors just for unit testing?
ad hoc constructor is not good and should be avoided.
Unfortunately, I have the same problem ...
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How to write unit tests a method with a result that is highly based on another method [duplicate]
How to write unit tests a method with a result that is highly based on another method ?
async function getStatus(
session,
correlationId,
data
) {
const client = new SomeAPIWrapperClient({
...
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Best practices on testing a function based on third party service
I'm trying to figure out how to create unit tests for a function, which behavior is based on a third party service.
Suppose a function like this:
def sync_check():
delta_secs = 90
now = ...
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How can the `log` function be used for formal verification
In JavaScript I want to create a log function:
function log(string) {
console.log(string)
}
Obviously this causes side effects; it prints to the screen. And I have no control over its ...
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Spring Boot Controller Unit Test Strategy
All of the controllers in our project are as dumb as we can make them. Rightfully so, they simply validate the incoming payload, hand the request over to a service layer, and return whatever response ...
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Is checking for unexpected types in dynamic languages in an untyped project necessary?
In statically typed languages or dynamically typed languages that use a type checking system you can guarantee that the input type is the type that you specified in the contract.
However, in ...
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Is there a best practice for storing certificates (e.g. x509), which include private keys, used in unit tests?
In a software library, I wrote, large parts of the code use x509 certificates for various puprposes like signing documents digitally.
Is there a best practice for storing test certificates used for ...
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What should I test with unit tests for data access layer? (MongoDB)
I'm working in TDD for my data access layer in MongoDB and I don't know what should I test?
I think that I shouldn't test if the queries return what they have to return because It's a MongoDB concern....
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Should I Have One Interface Per Class For Unit Testing?
Should I define an interface for every public behavior class (excluding data classes)?
I've spent many hours searching and reading to find a clear answer. If I search "Do you define an interface for ...
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Unit/Component testing using In Memory DB
I am writing Unit/Component test using In Memory DB. When I write Unit/Component test, I came across with the following question.
I have the following two BL methods.
ToCreate
ToGet
So when I ...
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Unit testing abstract classes with Google mock (gmock/gtest) (C++)
I want to test an abstract class with:
Pure virtual methods that should be overridden in sub-classes
Non-pure virtual methods that use the pure virtual methods (as opposed to this question)
class Fu
...
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Unit testing C++ in XCode
I'm working on a plugin for some drafting software. The plugin takes the form of a dynamically loaded mach-o bundle.
The software vendor provides a template plugin in the form of an XCode project.
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xUnit Should I Test Method Internal Work Or Only Result?
Let's take this unit test. Unit testing guidelines state that I should only have 1 assert per test, unless I'm testing the state of an object. In this case, Muxer.Muxe is a wrapper around FFMPEG that ...
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What in practical-stupid-childish terms a mutation testing indicates?
Whlist browsing on github I came across the following project: https://github.com/infection/infection and according to the project's website https://infection.github.io/guide/#What-is-Mutation-Testing ...
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Calling functions to setup state before testing a related function
I believe the consensus on unit tests is that each individual test should interact with the smallest surface possible (?).
I have a function I want to test, but it depends on some setup performed by ...
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Is is worth the time to create a list of manual regression tests for a legacy application?
I am part of a new dev team that is assigned to work on a legacy app. The app currently has no regression or automated unit, integration and system tests.
Due to technical debt and convoluted ...
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How to organize my test functions? (Part II: Keepin' it classy)
What are the best practices to organize your unit tests in classes?
I see different possibilities:
1) One would be to write one "container" class for each function you want test and then ...
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Should I create a shared Test Initilization object to initialize multiple test classes?
Scenario
I'm a new developer, using MSTest and I've encountered the following issue:
SomeClassTest // Uses a Fake Widget Controller.
Test Initialize
{
Many lines of code to initialize Fake ...
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Rerun unit tests affected by change [closed]
Let's say we have a code base covered with big enough amount of unit tests. We make small change to the code and want to check if tests are still passing. Wouldn't it be great to be able to rerun just ...
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Should we design our code from the beginning to enable unit testing?
There's a debate going on in our team at the moment as to whether modifying code design to allow unit testing is a code smell, or to what extent it can be done without being a code smell. This has ...
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Should I run my tests against production build transforms (i.e. Babel)?
A coworker of mine recently setup testing in a new project (a JS library) where a transform step hooks in to the babel config for Webpack in the production config.
For reference, this is the setting ...
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Unit testing about API endpoints and parameters
Consider a simple web application, I'll use a Python(ish) example, but i think the question is relevant for other languages as well.
The user is trying to fetch a page, and in order to render that ...
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Is QA/QC more related to proprietary softwares?
I'm not a software engineer, but I like coding for myself. Thus, I don't know what goes in IT companies.
Keeping the amount I spend on GitHub, I never heard of the term QA/QC in regards to open ...
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Unit and integration testing of microservice architecture
I am investigating how to test a project. Some information about the project:
Microservice architecture, with roughly 20 services. About 10 of them
with a separate database.
We use ServiceFabric
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Should my classes have separate constructors just for unit testing?
I like to write classes with two constructors: a primary constructor used in production code, and a default constructor just for unit tests. I do this because the the primary constructor creates other ...
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Unit testing for a method in a class which uses constructor DI (prism)
I have a class that uses constructor DI for IEventAggregator
public SomeViewModel(IEventAggregator eventAggregator)
{
this.eventAggregator = eventAggregator;
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How to name and organize unit tests with combinations of multiple parameters?
I am new to unit testing, but finally getting started.
I have been running into a situation where my unit test names apparently grow too long to readable due to the multiple parameters and ...
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Unit Tests - correct approach to test system with multiple layers
I'm wondering about Unit Tests. Let say i got a code ( in C#, but language is not important here):
public class SOT: ISOT
{
List<string> _internalCollection = new List<string>();
...
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What is a common name for a module being tested?
When writing unit tests, I want to reduce the cognitive load of the reader as much as possible. One thing I've noticed that bothers me is that the variable names of the thing that is being tested are ...
