TEST DRIVEN IS DRIVING ME INSANE!

Practical Test Patterns

Who?

Dennis BurtonSRT SolutionsDevelopUsing.net || DennisBurton.com@dburton

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The Primer

All 10 of my tests rock

Code changes seem to take longer

Long running tests

Tests take longer to set up

Test are fragile

Tests depend on specific (often production) data

Position Statement - Uncle Bob Martin

…it has become my position that TDD is a necessary discipline for professional developers. I consider it rather like sterile procedure for doctors. It's simply what you have to do to write professional code. (At least it's what I have to do.)

-ButUncleBob.com

What am I missing?

But, I already have some legacy code not under test

References

xUnit Test Patterns Working Effectivelywith

Legacy Code

Dummy – An object is required that shouldn’t be

Spy – Add the validation an object should have had

Stub – The state of an object is important to the test

Mock – behavior is what is really under test

Use Rhino or Moq Don’t tolerate test pain

Questions

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