Book Description
Unit testing, done right, can mean the diff erence between a failed project and a successful one, between a maintainable code base and a code base that no one dares touch, and between getting home at 2 AM or getting home in time for dinner, even before a release deadline.
The Art of Unit Testing builds on top of what's already been written about this important topic. It guides you step by step from simple tests to tests that are maintainable, readable, and trustworthy. It covers advanced subjects like mocks, stubs, and frameworks such as Typemock Isolator and Rhino Mocks. And you'll learn about advanced test patterns and organization, working with legacy code and even untestable code. The book discusses tools you need when testing databases and other technologies. It's written for .NET developers but others will also benefit from this book.
WHAT'S INSIDE THE BOOK:
How to create readable, maintainable, trustworthy tests
Stubs, mock objects, and automated frameworks
Working with .NET tools, including NUnit, Rhino Mocks and Typemock Isolator
Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Brief Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Listings
- Early Praise for The Art of Unit Testing
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- About this book
- About the cover illustration
- Part 1. Getting started
- Chapter 1. The basics of unit testing
- Chapter 2. A first unit test
- Part 2. Core techniques
- Chapter 3. Using stubs to break dependencies
- Chapter 4. Interaction testing using mock objects
- Chapter 5. Isolation (mock object) frameworks
- Part 3. The test code
- Chapter 6. Test hierarchies and organization
- Chapter 7. The pillars of good tests
- Part 4. Design and process
- Chapter 8. Integrating unit testing into the organization
- Chapter 9. Working with legacy code
- Appendix A. Design and testability
- Appendix B. Extra tools and frameworks
- Test Review Guidelines
- Index