Overview

Learn how to write better Java code through the practice of unit testing. This half-day course is designed for software developers, architects and project leaders who need to get an in-depth understanding of unit testing.

Objective

Attendees will leave understanding how unit testing delivers a range of benefits and why it is worth doing, and the opportunities to automate unit testing.

Content

The basics of unit testing and how organisations can use it to:

• improve development quality
• manage project risk
• reduce development and maintenance costs
• drive developer accountability
• enable verification that the design is correctly implemented

• precisely what is meant by unit testing, versus scenario, thread or pseudo system testing
• the pros and cons of unit testing
• Kent Beck's view on unit testing, developer accountability and design

• writing testable code
• where Junit fits and using it effectively
• unit testing non-Java parts of applications
• how unit testing fits with a variety of methodologies including TDD, TFD, and FDD.
• Worked examples of Junit usage
• Unit testing setup issues
• How Agitar addresses the various contraints of manual unit testing

• how Agitar products can be applied to automate the unit testing process
• how Agitar complements and extends what is possible with Junit
• how Agitar addresses the various constraints of manual testing
• how to evaluate Agitar products in the context of their own organisation and development environment

• automate the creation of unit tests
• create test data factories
• "mock" the behaviour of various system components
• use Agitar and Junit on the same project to complement each other
• collect Junit metrics with Dashboard
• support testing with TDD, TFD and FDD methodologies

• Module 1: Software Agitation concepts
• Module 2: Applying Software Agitation
• Module 3: Extension mechanisms
• Module 4: Agitar Management Dashboard
• Module 5: Teams and Process
• Module 6: Technical Support & Licensing