This is a short article to describe how I migrated a bunch of existing verbose tests to ApprovalTests. All of the examples in this article are based on my Shameless Green in C# library, which will be familiar to reader’s of 99 Bottles of OOP. Here are some quick links you might want once you […]
I have run a good number of test-driven development coding dojos (and behaviour-driven development ones), and participated in plenty of them too. The most common errors I have found can be classified as: Trying to find abstractions too early Drastic code changes under the banner of “refactoring” Both of these problems are solved by practising […]
If you are using Entity Framework and you want to test your application without the real database, the typical technique employed is to write a repository or query provider that you can substitute with a stub during the test. Sometimes, though, you are better off pushing things a couple of levels deeper. This is where […]
I had some great feedback on my unit testing epiphany. Normally I would append an update, but this was worth a proper follow up article. As a side-note, if you don’t have some friends who will question you, probe you and otherwise engage your mind on a topic – you really need to get some […]
So having listened to Ian Cooper talking about Test Mothers and Test Data Builders and carefully considering both options (and trying them out without checking in any code) – I decided to go with the Test Data Builder for the project I am currently working on. The difference between the two is that a Test […]
I promised to write up the details of this after writing the following Tweet while listening to Ian Cooper talk on “TDD: Where did it all go wrong?” at DevSouthCoast in April. “I have had an epiphany at @DevSouthCoast – I’m embarrassed about some TDD techniques I have been using. NO MORE!” So what was […]
Here is a brief overview and some of the slides from my Test Driven Development (TDD) talk on Thursday. The theme of the talk was to to discuss TDD in a non-zealous manner. This meant discussing both the costs and the benefits as well as referencing real studies as well as anecdotal evidence. So I […]