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Test-Driven Java Development, Second Edition - Second Edition

By : Viktor Farcic, Alex Garcia
Book Image

Test-Driven Java Development, Second Edition - Second Edition

By: Viktor Farcic, Alex Garcia

Overview of this book

Test-driven development (TDD) is a development approach that relies on a test-first procedure that emphasizes writing a test before writing the necessary code, and then refactoring the code to optimize it.The value of performing TDD with Java, one of the longest established programming languages, is to improve the productivity of programmers and the maintainability and performance of code, and develop a deeper understanding of the language and how to employ it effectively. Starting with the basics of TDD and understanding why its adoption is beneficial, this book will take you from the first steps of TDD with Java until you are confident enough to embrace the practice in your day-to-day routine.You'll be guided through setting up tools, frameworks, and the environment you need, and we will dive right into hands-on exercises with the goal of mastering one practice, tool, or framework at a time. You'll learn about the Red-Green-Refactor procedure, how to write unit tests, and how to use them as executable documentation.With this book, you'll also discover how to design simple and easily maintainable code, work with mocks, utilize behavior-driven development, refactor old legacy code, and release a half-finished feature to production with feature toggles.You will finish this book with a deep understanding of the test-driven development methodology and the confidence to apply it to application programming with Java.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Title Page
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Preface
9
Refactoring Legacy Code – Making It Young Again
Index

Summary


We managed to finish our Tic-Tac-Toe game using the Red-Green-Refactor process. The examples themselves were simple and you probably didn't have a problem following them.

The objective of this chapter was not to dive into something complicated (that comes later), but to get into the habit of using the short and repetitive cycle called Red-Green-Refactor.

We learned that the easiest way to develop something is by splitting it into very small chunks. The design was emerging from tests instead of using a big upfront approach. No line of the implementation code was written without writing a test first and seeing it fail. By confirming that the last test fails, we are confirming that it is valid (it's easy to make a mistake and write a test that is always successful) and the feature we are about to implement does not exist. After the test failed, we wrote the implementation of that test. While writing the implementation, we tried to make it a minimal one with the objective being to make...