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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

Problem statements


The problem statement, which we will define in this chapter, will be used throughout the book. In forthcoming chapters, we will build on this problem statement. We will be looking at building a base conversion API. We will start with an initial base 10 (decimal) number to base 2 (binary) conversions and vice versa. Then, we will add more bases for conversion.

Let's write this down in gherkin language. Gherkin is a business readable, domain-specific language that lets you describe a software's behavior without detailing how that behavior is implemented.

Feature: decimal to binary conversion:

As a user, I want to convert a decimal number to a binary number:

Scenario 1:

  • Given I have a number A

  • When I convert this number to a binary number

  • Then, I get a binary equivalent B of the original decimal number

Scenario 2:

  • Given I have binary number X

  • When I convert this number to a decimal number

  • Then, I get a decimal equivalent Y of the original binary number

Scenario 3:

  • Given I have decimal...