In a recent article, I covered the creation of JUnit tests to perform unit testing on Java classes. Although testing individual classes is helpful, unit tests work best when they're written to cover ...

Why, of course, by virtually starting up the Java class and pushing the buttons, so to speak. You test a Java class by calling methods on it from another Java class. The following Java source file is ...

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JUnit, a simple testing framework created by Kent Beck and Erich Gamma during a long airplane trip a few years ago, ushered in a new era of developer testing. A cottage industry grew up around "*Unit" ...

In a typical enterprise application, many areas require testing. Starting from the simplest components, classes, the developers or specialized test developers need to program unit tests to ensure that ...

Most enterprise applications rely on the database as the persistence mechanism. Integration tests for these applications require data in the database to run correctly. For integration tests to be ...

Aside from a favorite code editor, compiler, and debugger, developers also need tools that allow them to design, test, and document their code. Using multiple, unintegrated tools can actually increase ...