Practical unit testing tips
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This document provides tips and best practices for unit testing code. It discusses why unit testing is important, such as guarding against bugs and enabling refactoring. It also covers different types of testing and recommends a test-first approach using test-driven development. Specific tips include breaking dependencies through dependency injection, using fakes/mocks to replace external dependencies, and following principles like single responsibility to make code more testable.
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> Future-proofing infrastructure with observability, agent isolation, Zero Trust, and agent-specific threat modeling in the SDLC
> Call to action: enforce memory hygiene, integrate red teaming, apply Zero Trust principles, and proactively govern AI behavior
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Practical unit testing tips
- 2. In the beginningFirst testing experience
- 3. Why Unit Testing?Instead of starting by Testing Manually, you start by testing programmatically.You test the code once…… and then continuously afterwards.Guards against others breaking your code.Guards against regression errors.Refactoring RuthlesslyPeace of Mind
- 4. Types of Testing – All ImportantFunctional Testing (manual)Integration Testing (automated)(Dosens)SlowUnit Testing (automated)(Hundreds)Localize FailuresFastDynamic Language DebuggersUI LayerPerson ViewPerson ControllerPerson ModelLogic LayerSecurity ManagerData Layer
- 5. Test-First of Test-After?The difference is only When you write your tests?Test-After is painful and boring.Test-First makes unit testing easier. Unit Testing == Good. Win win situation.Test-Driven-DesignTest-First drives the Design – Low Coupling.Write only enough to make the test pass.YAGNI
- 6. Automatic Test Generation?Only possible after the code has been written.You won’t get tests like…Test_that_user_registration_fails_on_invalid_ID()Doesn’t test Intent, can only test Methods.
- 7. Why testing efforts failWhen tests become frustratingIntegration Tests != Unit TestsSlowBrittle – break unnecessarilyHard to Write due to highly coupled code.
- 8. Let’s test some code
- 9. What to test?Single Responsibility PrincipleTest the responsibility of the Controller Action.ApplicationSuccess view should be returned if application succeeds.ApplicationFailure view should be returned with a reason if application fails.
- 10. Our “Unit Test”DatabaseWeb ServiceSession State
- 11. Step 1: Extract ClassSingle Responsibility PrincipleController – Return correct view and viewModel
- 12. UserCreditService – Contains user credit checking functionsStep 2: Use fake Repository and fake UserCreditServiceFake objects replace the functionality of the of the real object with an alternate implementaiton, ie returning a canned list of values instead of hitting a databaseTest Stub is an object that is used by a test to replace a real component to force the system down the path we want for the test. A stub may also record info about how it was called (ie. stub.wasMethodCalled())Mocks fake implementation by returning hard coded values or values preloaded - they can also verify that the correct calls were made in the right order
- 13. Injecting Fakes ControllerTestTests…Creates…Fake DBRepoControllerUses…Fake DBRepo
- 14. Step 2: Fake object and Dependency Injection
- 15. Step 2: Fake object and dependency injection
- 16. Step 3: Abstract and Mock SessionA Mock Example…Specify behaviours
- 18. Works for Interfaces, Abstracts and VirtualsStep 3: Abstract and Mock Session
- 19. Step 3: Abstract and Mock Session
- 20. Tips
- 21. Tip: A handy private class
- 22. TipFine grained is better100 tests that test 100 things is better… than 10 tests that test a 100 things.Execute the same action many times in different tests and verify different results in each call.Makes errors easier to isolate.
- 23. TipsBreak Dependencies – strive for low couplingUse Dependency InjectionAvoid public StaticsAvoid SingletonsUse Interfaces to abstract calls to other classesUse Mocks to mimic and test behaviourSingle Responsibility Principle – break things into smaller classes and test independently.
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