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Should we test private data (static objects in this case) to make sure it maintains its structure?
I had a discussion at work about whether to unit test a private static object we're using as data for a public component.
const data = {
45: { name: 'John' },
2: { name: 'Patricia' },
27: { name: '...
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Best practices around writing testable extension methods
I’m currently working in C# and I’d like to write and extension method against a type. There is a small amount of repeated logic between classes surrounding JSON deserialization, using the ...
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Unit testing a chain of network requests - how many tests?
I have some fairly complex code, that is a chain of API calls. The result of one call is the input of the next.
class PaymentService {
func pay(userId: String) async {
let paymentSource = ...
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How to test channel pipelines in Go
I use the "channel pipeline" pattern quite a lot in Go, which looks something like this:
// getSomeNums spits out ints onto a channel. Temperatures, pressures, doesn't matter
func ...
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Should code be refactored to be more unit testable or should a framework like PowerMock be used?
Assume there's some code that's already in production that needs some unit testing. Generally speaking, would you want to refactor this code that's already in production by adding things like adding ...
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What are the best practices for writing a long, multi-step process? [closed]
When writing a long process, i.e. one filled with many steps of business logic, what are the best practices for organising it? There are a few different options here that I can see:
Just write a long ...
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What can an assertion test that running the actual code cannot?
I'm currently learning Jest, Enzyme, Detox and testing in general, but I'm still trying to grasp the benefit of testing. From what I understand, testing is about creating hypothetical situations. Let'...
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Is is worth the time to create a list of manual regression tests for a legacy application?
I am part of a new dev team that is assigned to work on a legacy app. The app currently has no regression or automated unit, integration and system tests.
Due to technical debt and convoluted ...
user321981
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How to organize my test functions? (Part II: Keepin' it classy)
What are the best practices to organize your unit tests in classes?
I see different possibilities:
1) One would be to write one "container" class for each function you want test and then ...
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Unit Tests - correct approach to test system with multiple layers
I'm wondering about Unit Tests. Let say i got a code ( in C#, but language is not important here):
public class SOT: ISOT
{
List<string> _internalCollection = new List<string>();
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What is a common name for a module being tested?
When writing unit tests, I want to reduce the cognitive load of the reader as much as possible. One thing I've noticed that bothers me is that the variable names of the thing that is being tested are ...
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NUnit specify TestCaseAttribute on implementation or create a test method
Based on this question about the correct usage of nUnit's TestCaseAttribute, I was wondering whether to specify the test case directly on the implementation or create test methods (as when using ...
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Is it bad practice to supply command line arguments for unit tests
I am on C++ and using gtest as the main framework. Say I have a edge detection function I want to test that takes an image as an input and returns the edge detected image. I have 3 images ready to be ...
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Is it right to skip unit testing and go straight writing integration tests if there's no point of testing the unit in isolation?
According to Martin Fowler's article,
https://martinfowler.com/bliki/TestPyramid.html
It is advisable to write more unit tests than integration tests. Does this mean ideally that every unit of work ...
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Shouldn't unit tests use my own methods?
Today I was watching a "JUnit basics" video and the author said that when testing a given method in your program, you shouldn't use other of your own methods in the process.
To be more specific, he ...
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