On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 08:21:14 -0800 (PST) zpcspm <[email protected]> wrote:
> Tests involving interaction with a web/sql server, any networking I/O > and such, are not unit tests. Period. I was making the same mistake > for quite a few years. The AHA happened when I've read the book > "Working Effectively with Legacy Code" by Michael Feathers. I suggest > you to get that book and read the definition of unit tests: unit tests > are small, they test small code snippets and they complete quickly. If > this is not true - you can't call them unit tests. Ok, fine, so the cases for which I find it particularly difficult to write unit tests aren't appropriate for unit testing anyway. That makes me feel better I guess. Perhaps I should be writing unit tests for small parts of the processing of the complex entity after it's been acquired from the client or server or whatever. Cheers -Terry -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor?hl=en.
