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Different kinds of testing

The subject of testing is vast. It may seem simple from outside, but it’s not. For example, one may define testing as checking that the software is fit for its purpose. But it encompasses a lot more: for example, mutation testing verifies that assertions do actually assert. In this post, I’d like to touch some testing flavors, what’s their purpose and how they compare to each other. The need for testing In an ideal world, we wouldn’t need testing. We would just write b

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Final release of Integration Testing from the Trenches

Writing a book is a journey. At the beginning of the journey, you mostly know where you want to go, but have only vague notion of the way to get there and the time it will take. I’ve finally released the paperback version of Integration Testing from the Trenches on Amazon and that means this specific journey is at end. The book starts by a very generic discussion about testing and continues by defining Integration Testing in comparison to Unit Testing. The next chapter compares the respecti

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Spring configuration modularization for Integration Testing

Object-Oriented Programming advocates for modularization in order to build small and reusable components. There are however other reasons for this. In the case of the Spring framework, modularization enables Integration Testing, the ability to test the system or parts of it, including assembly configuration. Why is it so important to test the system assembled with the final configuration? Let’s take a simple example, the making of a car. Unit Testing the car would be akin to testing every

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First release of Integration Testing from the Trenches

My job as a software architect is to make sure the builds I provide have the best possible quality, and more specifically internal quality. While Unit Testing sure helps creating less regressions, relying only on it is akin to testing a car by testing its nuts and bolts. Integration Testing is about getting the car on a circuit. Last week, I finally released the fist version of Integration Testing from the Trenches.

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Spring 3.2 sweetness

Even the most extreme Spring opponents have to admit it is all about making developers life easier. Version 3.2 of Spring MVC brings even more sweetness to the table. Sweetness #1: No web.xml The ability to run a webapp without any web deployment descriptor comes from Servlet 3.0. One option would be to annotate your servlet with the @WebServlet annotation to set mapping and complementary data. When you get your servlet for free, like Spring’s DispatcherServlet, you’d need to su

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Integration tests from the trenches

This post is the written form of one of my submission for Devoxx France 2013. As it was only chosen as backup, I lacked the necessary motivation to prepare it. The subject is important though, so I finally decided to write it down. In 2013, if you’re a standard developer, it is practically a given that you test your code. Whether you’re a practicioner of TDD or just create them afterwards, most realize a robust automated test harness is not optional but mandatory. Unit Test vs Int

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Arquillian on legacy servers

In most contexts, when something doesn’t work, you just Google the error and you’re basically done. One good thing about working for organizations that lag behind technology-wise is that it generally is more challenging and you’re bound to be creative. Me, I’m stuck on JBoss 5.1 EAP, but that doesn’t stop me for trying to use modern approach in software engineering. In the quality domain, one such try is to be able to provide my developers a way to test their code in