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Unit Testing Principles, Practices, and Patterns - by Vladimir Khorikov (Paperback)
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Highlights
- Radically improve your testing practice and software quality with new testing styles, good patterns, and reliable automation.
- About the Author: Vladimir Khorikov is an author, blogger, and Microsoft MVP.
- 304 Pages
- Computers + Internet, Software Development & Engineering
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About the Book
Unit Testing: Principles, Patterns and Practices shows you how to refine your existing unit tests by implementing modern best practices. You'll learn to spot which tests are performing, which need refactoring, and which need to be deleted entirely! Upgrade your testing suite with new testing styles, good patterns, and reliable automated testing.
Unit Testing: Principles, Practices and Patterns is a practical guide to modern unit testing best practices. Microsoft MVP Vladimir Khorikov takes you hands-on with examples of the ideal unit test and unit testing practices, building your skills step by step on a solid foundation.
Key Features
- A universal frame of reference by which to assess any unit test
- Common anti-patterns to identify and avoid
- Guidelines on how to refactor a test suite along with the
- production code it covers
- Using integration tests to verify the behavior of the system as a whole
For readers who know the basics of unit testing and want to improve their techniques to get the best return on their efforts. Examples are in C# but apply in any language
About the technology
Test automation has turned unit testing into a standard practice in software development. The right unit test suite gives great outcomes and is vital to delivering quality software.
Author Bio
Vladimir Khorikov is an author, blogger, and Microsoft MVP. He has been developing software professionally for over ten years, and has mentored numerous teams on the ins and outs of unit testing.
Book Synopsis
Radically improve your testing practice and software quality with new testing styles, good patterns, and reliable automation. Key FeaturesA practical and results-driven approach to unit testing
Refine your existing unit tests by implementing modern best practices
Learn the four pillars of a good unit test
Safely automate your testing process to save time and money
Spot which tests need refactoring, and which need to be deleted entirely Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications. About The Book
Great testing practices maximize your project quality and delivery speed by identifying bad code early in the development process. Wrong tests will break your code, multiply bugs, and increase time and costs. You owe it to yourself--and your projects--to learn how to do excellent unit testing. Unit Testing Principles, Patterns and Practices teaches you to design and write tests that target key areas of your code including the domain model. In this clearly written guide, you learn to develop professional-quality tests and test suites and integrate testing throughout the application life cycle. As you adopt a testing mindset, you'll be amazed at how better tests cause you to write better code. What You Will Learn Universal guidelines to assess any unit test
Testing to identify and avoid anti-patterns
Refactoring tests along with the production code
Using integration tests to verify the whole system This Book Is Written For
For readers who know the basics of unit testing. Examples are written in C# and can easily be applied to any language. About the Author Vladimir Khorikov is an author, blogger, and Microsoft MVP. He has mentored numerous teams on the ins and outs of unit testing. Table of Contents: PART 1 THE BIGGER PICTURE 1 ] The goal of unit testing
2 ] What is a unit test?
3 ] The anatomy of a unit test PART 2 MAKING YOUR TESTS WORK FOR YOU 4 ] The four pillars of a good unit test
5 ] Mocks and test fragility
6 ] Styles of unit testing
7 ] Refactoring toward valuable unit tests PART 3 INTEGRATION TESTING 8 ] Why integration testing?
9 ] Mocking best practices
10 ] Testing the database PART 4 UNIT TESTING ANTI-PATTERNS 11 ] Unit testing anti-patterns
About the Author
Vladimir Khorikov is an author, blogger, and Microsoft MVP. He has been developing software professionally for over ten years, and has mentored numerous teams on the ins and outs of unit testing.