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Unit Testing and Private Methods
So you’re a TDD developer. You code along merrily, writing failing unit tests, implementing them to a point of success, and then you refactor. But then, with no notice–WHAM–a private method. Now...
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Test-first Development Cartoons
Lately, I’ve gotten into the habit of keeping a ton of can’t-forget-to-read-this articles open in separate tabs in my browser. It’s gotten to the point where I have so many tabs open that I can’t...
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Performance Profiling for Unit Tests
When I first got my hands on Visual Studio 2012, I was trying out every feature I could, new and old alike. I love the new Test Explorer. Code coverage is SO much better than it was before. Code...
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Writing Tests First
I think it’s safe to say that everybody agrees on the value and necessity of automated unit tests. Writing code without tests is the fastest way to accumulate technical debt. This is one reason why...
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Definition of a Good Unit Test
I’m constantly encouraging developers around me to embrace test-driven development and automated unit testing. However, there’s one very important thing I’ve neglected to include in my evangelizing: a...
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TDD Helps You Write Software That Makes Sense
This week, I was working on a project with a co-worker that has very few automated tests. There’s a SpecFlow project that does some integration testing, but it’s really clunky for fine-tuning and bug...
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Write Tests First–But Not ALL Tests First
I’ve been preaching hard about test-driven development and the importance of writing tests first. I can feel the culture beginning to shift as people are slowly starting to buy in, but I had an...
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