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Showing posts with label test. Show all posts
Showing posts with label test. Show all posts
2023-04-13

Testing a periodic worker

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I came across somebody that was asking about how to test their code. They had a function that would do certain work at short intervals and t...
2022-06-23

What is the purpose of a test name?

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Since I'm certainly a person who has been passionate about how tests are named, this article first made me a little upset since it almo...
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2016-10-06

Slow tests, courage and zombie driven development

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When I was going over my old posts from January 2009 I had a flashback of how I for a while aimed at posting something every other day. Tod...
2016-09-15

Go for C# developers: Where to define interfaces

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When writing Go code the general guideline is not to create interfaces unless it is really needed. A good example would be an interface with...
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2016-09-08

Another example on ways to to make your code testable

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Before you go crazy on me screaming that making code testable for the sake of testability is bad I'd like to agree. However testable cod...
2016-09-01

The 2008 advent calendar - 24 ways to write a test

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Oh yes I love December 2008 . I decided to challenge myself and write the same test in 24 different ways. And it was an interesting experien...
2016-06-30

Go for C# developers: Unit testing

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Let’s talk about unit testing and Go. The fact that unit tests typically are placed side by side with the code (in the same package as the c...
2016-06-16

Peek inside Netflix A/B testing

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Just a quick suggestion for today. Read this article on A/B testing at Netflix as it both shows you the importance of supporting A/B testin...
2016-01-28

What does a good exception message look like?

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Today I have to bring up a great article that is over a year old. They topic is what exception messages really should look like. As bonus I...
2016-01-07

Don't hold me accountable for old opinions

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Once in a while I get a comment about something I wrote a long time ago and sometimes that is embarrassing as the opinion I expressed a whil...
2015-12-17

Yet Another Code Coverage Rant

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Instead of me ranting over why code coverage measurements can be good but in general are used in the wrong way; why don't I let somebody...
2015-12-03

Web service scale testing

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When I say web service scale testing I mean testing to figure out how many instances of your service you need. This type of testing is real...
2015-09-10

Monitoring is Testing

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So a while back I was approached by DZone for some feedback on software quality. After ranting for an hour I was asked if I would mind writi...
2015-06-18

Timetravel in C# done right

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Testing things where you need to fake time is not hard given the right abstractions . That is why when I read this article I felt really sa...
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2015-01-08

The I have no idea what I'm testing anti-pattern.

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It is no secret that I'm not a big fan of service locators in general, but even if you are a fan of those there is a pattern I really do...
2014-12-04

Faking 3rd party dependencies

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When it comes to dealing with third party dependencies in my code I've used the same trick for a long time. But I was recently introduce...
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2014-09-25

Testing with fakes or stubs? That is the question!

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I like testing with stubs. But once in a while I encounter people that rather use fakes. And that is a pattern I try to avoid.
2014-09-18

Spies and Stubs

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I was reading this article which is a response to an email from a person liking mocks but disliking spies. Before starting to read I was co...
2014-09-11

What is your test ROI

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When we write code we sometimes get carried away and forget to think about if we are spending our time right. However more common I see peop...
2014-07-10

Writing async tests

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Ever since async/await was introduced in .net 4.5 I've seen people happily using those keywords in their (unit) tests. A usage I believe...