Unit Testing Patterns and Anti-Patterns

1. Unit Testing Patterns and Anti-Patterns Steve Bohlen Senior Software Engineer SpringSource/VMware E-Mail: sbohlen@gmail.com Blog: http://blog.unhandled-exceptions.com Twitter: @sbohlen

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4. Steve Bohlen Nearly 20 years developing software LISP, Delphi, C/C++, VB, VB.NET, C# Senior Engineer Springsource/VMware Co-Founder, NYC Alt.NetUser Group http://nyalt.net • Co-Organizer, NYC DDD User Group • http://dddnyc.org Contributor: various OSS projects Nhibernatehttp://www.nhforge.org • NDbUnithttp://www.googlecode.com/ndbunit • Spring.NET http://www.springframework.net blog: http://blog.unhandled-exceptions.com e-mail: sbohlen@gmail.com twitter: @sbohlen

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8. Anti- Definition: Pattern Anti- In software engineering, a design pattern is a general reusable solution to a commonly occurring problem in software design. that leads to commonly occurring problems in software design.

11. Challenge: Running Tests

12. Challenge: Speedy Tests

13. Challenge: Naming Tests

14. Challenge: Descriptive Assertions

15. Challenge: Repetition

16. Challenge: False Positives

17. Challenge: Faked Out!

18. Challenge: Maintenance

19. Challenge: Testing Exceptions

20. Challenge: Test Coverage

21. Challenge: Organizing Tests

22. Challenge: Data Dependency

23. Challenge: Multiple Assertions

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