The Economics of Unit Testing
Unit testing is a set of skills, that rarely appears on a resume. When I saw a resume with unit testing on it, it rose up to the top of the interview queue. I understood the person who put it Read more…
New Section: How Did We Get Here?
I’ve decided to do smaller releases of “Everyday Unit Testing”, and not wait for full chapters. I’m going to send out emails once a month with the accumulating changes, but releases would be more frequent. As to this one, this Read more…
New Version: Test Attributes
You’ve probably seen it coming. I started a series of posts about unit test attributes here, and then went into them in details. I now morphed the series of posts into a section into the Basic Guidelines chapter. If the Read more…
Unit Test Attribute #10 – Isolation
This is last, final, and 10th entry in the ten commandments of unit tests attributes that started here. And you should read all of them. We usually talk about isolation in terms of mocking. Meaning, when we want to write Read more…
Unit Test Attribute #9 – Deterministic
This is the 9th post in the Unit Tests Attribute series that started here. To learn more about testing, contact me. I keep hammering on trust and how it’s crucial that we trust our unit tests. If unit tests are Read more…
Test Attribute #8 – Truthiness
This is the 8th post, soon to be the 8th wonder of the world, in the Unit Tests Attribute series that started here. To learn more about testing, contact me. I want to thank Steven Colbert for coining a word Read more…
A Book Is Born!
Hey everyone, I’m excited, I guess you can tell that. I’ve spent the recent years in the world of unit testing. There’s aLot of information out there. It looks like a solved problem. Yet most developers don’t unit test their Read more…
Unit Test Attribute #7 – Footprint
This the 7th post about Unit Tests Attributes that started off as half of a power-couple of series, “Unit Tests attributes – Introduction” post. If you need training on unit tests, contact me. When we talk about footprint, we’re really Read more…
Test Attribute #6 – Maintenance
This the 6th post about Test Attributes that started off with the supermodel of series, “Test attributes – Introduction” post. If you need training on testing, contact me. I always hated the word “maintainability” in the context of tests. Tests, Read more…
Test Attribute #5 – Differentiation
This the 5th post about Test Attributes that started off with celebrity-level “Test Attributes – Introduction” post. Differentiation is not an attribute of a single test. Differentiation does not ride alone, because it requires multiple tests. Tests allow us to Read more…