[ajug-members] JUnit testing

[Daryl Lee]

First:
"Right level of testing" is a very subjective question.  I would stop
when I couldn't think of any failure mode that I wasn't testing for.
The good thing about JUnits is that tomorrow, when something dawns on
me, it's easy to plop in another test.

Second:
If I were king (remember me using that expression?) I would have JUnits
that set up the test harness with specific database rows before
executing the tests.  It's just a normal extension of the setup/teardown
phase of testing.  Mock objects "cheat" on the data access level
testing, and that's a level rich in failure modes.

On Thu, Sep 30, 2004 at 06:05:48PM -0400, Barnes, Michael wrote:
> I have a question about junit and unit testing in general.
> 
> First, what is considered the right level of testing. Second, how do people
> test a database application. Do you use mock objects or do you set up a
> database that will support you unit tests.
> 
> Thanks
> Mike Barnes

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Daryl Lee
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