testing

I just saw the following Scala source code in a Play Framework 2 sample application, and it struck me as a nice example of how to call the foreach method on a Seq to populate some sample data:

I was reading a book recently and I ran across the following quote, which I think comes from Bruce Tate:

Think of a unit test as another client of your application.

That resonates for me on many levels, and it's a great way to think about test code. I also like the following quote, but that may be because I said it:

I know this code is wrong because I can't test it.

Yours in unit testing. ;)

One Java programming "best practice" that has been strongly reinforced for me during the last several weeks is making sure you have a declared interface that defines the behavior (signature) of your Dao (data access objects) classes.

CakePHP/SimpleTest automated web testing: Can you share an example of some automated CakePHP SimpleTest web tests?

Sure, here's a quick look at how I've created a suite of CakePHP automated web tests using SimpleTest to perform integration testing on a new CakePHP web application.

The recipe for creating automated web tests in CakePHP is fairly simple:

Automated GUI testing tools FAQ: I've read that you've done a lot of work with automated GUI testing tools, can you share some "lessons learned" about your automated GUI testing tools experience?

I'll come back and update this article from time to time as I run into more "lessons learned", but after writing my last article (Seven benefits of automated GUI testing), I also wanted to share these ideas on "Automated GUI testing best practices."