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Java Projects - Second Edition

By : Peter Verhas
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Java Projects - Second Edition

By: Peter Verhas

Overview of this book

Java is one of the most commonly used software languages by programmers and developers. In this book, you’ll learn the new features of Java 11 quickly and experience a simple and powerful approach to software development. You’ll see how to use the Java runtime tools, understand the Java environment, and create a simple namesorting Java application. Further on, you'll learn about advanced technologies that Java delivers, such as web programming and parallel computing, and will develop a mastermind game. Moving on, we provide more simple examples, to build a foundation before diving into some complex data structure problems that will solidify your Java 11 skills. With a special focus on the features of new projects: Project Valhalla, Project Panama, Project Amber, and Project Loom, this book will help you get employed as a top-notch Java developer. By the end of the book, you’ll have a firm foundation to continue your journey toward becoming a professional Java developer.
Table of Contents (12 chapters)

Testing the application

The application should have unit tests for each and every class it has, except, perhaps, for the DTO classes that contain no functionality. The setters and getters are created by the IDE and are not typed in by the programmer, so it is unlikely that there will be any errors. If there is some error related to those classes, it is more likely that it is an integration problem that cannot be discovered by using unit tests. Since we discussed unit tests in the previous chapters in detail, we will focus more on integration tests and application tests here.

Integration tests

Integration tests are very similar to unit tests, and in most cases, novice programmers claim that they perform unit testing when they...