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Scala Test-Driven Development

By : Gaurav Sood
Book Image

Scala Test-Driven Development

By: Gaurav Sood

Overview of this book

Test-driven development (TDD) produces high-quality applications in less time than is possible with traditional methods. Due to the systematic nature of TDD, the application is tested in individual units as well as cumulatively, right from the design stage, to ensure optimum performance and reduced debugging costs. This step-by-step guide shows you how to use the principles of TDD and built-in Scala testing modules to write clean and fully tested Scala code and give your workflow the change it needs to let you create better applications than ever before. After an introduction to TDD, you will learn the basics of ScalaTest, one of the most flexible and most popular testing tools around for Scala, by building your first fully test-driven application. Building on from that you will learn about the ScalaTest API and how to refactor code to produce high-quality applications. We’ll teach you the concepts of BDD (Behavior-driven development) and you’ll see how to add functional tests to the existing suite of tests. You’ll be introduced to the concepts of Mocks and Stubs and will learn to increase test coverage using properties. With a concluding chapter on miscellaneous tools, this book will enable you to write better quality code that is easily maintainable and watch your apps change for the better.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Scala Test-Driven Development
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgments
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface

Write a failing test – RED


Time to put our programming hats on. We will start with the very first test. It is very important to understand the acceptance criteria before we make a start on the test. Our test will be documenting our understanding of the scenario.

In the normal course of events at this stage, if there are any questions about the scenario, they will need to be cleared up with end user or any representation of the end user.

Let's start with the first test. Create a Scala file DecimalBinarySpec.scala for the test under the com.packt package inside src/test/scala as given here:

package com.packt
import org.scalatest.FlatSpec 
class DecimalBinarySpec extends FlatSpec{
  "base conversion utility" should "convert a number 99 into a 
  binary number 1100011" in {
    var binary:Binary = BaseConversion.decimalToBinary(Decimal("99"))      
    assert(binary.number == "1100011")   
  } 
}    

While writing this test in your IDE, you will note that...