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Some Benefits of Unit Testing

Posted At : September 10, 2008 6:32 AM | Posted By : Bob Silverberg
Related Categories: TDD,ColdFusion,MXUnit,OO Design

I must start by saying that, as much as I like option groups, I love Unit Testing. I had written previously that I Like Unit Testing, but that brief infatuation has blossomed into a full blown love affair. I have two people/groups to thank for that, Paul Marcotte and the MXUnit Team, who produce an excellent suite of unit testing tools for ColdFusion.

I met with Paul in the Toronto airport a couple of weeks ago during a brief stopover (his, not mine) and he walked me through his current methodology for unit testing. He really cleared up some areas of confusion for me, and essentially handed over a set of practices that makes everything oh so easy. He's been blogging about his technique in a series that I heartily recommend.

And what can I say about MXUnit that hasn't already been said? It totally rocks! The Eclipse Plugin is da bomb! If you haven't checked it out, do so. Now. 'Nuff said.

So when do I get to hear about "Some Benefits of Unit Testing", you may be asking? Read on.

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I Like Unit Testing

Posted At : July 7, 2008 6:15 AM | Posted By : Bob Silverberg
Related Categories: TDD,ColdFusion,MXUnit

I never imagined that I'd say those words, but they're true. I must start by admitting that I wrote my first unit test a few days ago. I know, I'm bad, I should have been doing this for years. I've known about unit testing for a long time, I've been reading more and more about it, and listening to speakers at conferences extol its virtues. But somehow I just couldn't get my a$$ in gear. It just seemed like too much extra work. And as a sole developer working on relatively small projects I was able to get away with not doing it.

Anyway, I read a blog post a few days ago that inspired me to take the plunge. The post describes unit testing with CFUnit, but I'd been hearing a lot of good things about MXUnit, so I decided to give that a try.

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