Effective Unit Testing

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 it's written - to catch bugs early.

Unit Testing in Java teaches how to write good tests that are concise and to the point, useful, and maintainable. This book focuses on tools and practices specific to Java. It introduces emerging techniques like specification by example and behavior-driven development, and shows how to add robust practices into developers' toolkits.

Table of Contents

I. FOUNDATIONS

1. The promise of good tests

2. In search of good

3. Test doubles

II. CATALOG

4. Readability

5. Maintainability

6. Trustworthiness

III. DIVERSIONS

7. Testable design

8. Writing tests in other JVM languages

9. Speeding up test executions

Appendix A: JUnit primer

Appendix B: Extending JUnit

Index