A Java Test Class Doesn’t Test a Class

If you write tests badly, you end up with a Curdled Test Fixture, where there’s an unholy mess of unrelated…

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System Stubs: Another Minor Release

In today’s new release of System Stubs there’s increased documentation for testing logging output, as well as a new class…

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The Temporary Test Property

Just because you can make a variable a long-term property of a test fixture doesn’t mean you should. This is…

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So I Wrote a Library

If you’ve never done it, go out and find an open-source project to contribute to. Whether it’s one of your…

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The Pleasures of Replatforming

In an earlier post on migration, I looked at different ways to take a codebase and convert it for a…

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Testing Logging Output in Java

One of my more popular posts on this site is on how to use Mockito to mock logging. Testing that…

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Automate or Script the Extract

Let’s cut to the chase. Where possible, create scripts and ideally full automation to perform data extraction for the purposes…

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Three Corners of Boolean

Let’s be honest, no good ever came out of a null boolean value! However, it’s common for boolean to prove…

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A Weird Side Entrance

One of the main reasons I blog is to remind myself how easily one can use software development techniques to…

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