Test Driven Development (TDD) and Unit Testing Essentials (TT3503)

About This Course:

Test Driven Development (TDD) and Unit Testing Essentials is a three-day, comprehensive hands-on test-driven development / JUnit / TDD training course geared for developers who need to get up and running with essential Test-driven development programming skills using JUnit and various open-source testing frameworks. Throughout the course you'll learn, explore and gain practical experience working with best practices for writing great programs in Java, using test-driven development techniques. This course quickly introduces you to the core features and benefits of JUnit. You'll leave this course armed with the skills required to leverage solid test driven development and unit testing techniques, using the latest industry techniques and best practices.

Throughout the course, you will work on a project with labs specifically oriented towards using TDD to implement a complex and multi-faceted web application that uses a database in its final form.

Course Objectives:

Working in a hands-on learning environment, guided by our expert team, you'll explore:

• The role of Unit Testing in software development and testing

• How to write effective Unit Testing

• The properties of effective unit tests

• The benefits of the test-first and Test-Driven Development

• Techniques and practices to aid in the successful adoption of Test-Driven Development

• JUnit and the JUnit Test Runner interface.

• How to use JUnit to drive the implementation of Java code.

• The role of debugging when done in conjunction with tests.

• The fundamentals of the TDD using Java, as well as its importance, uses, strengths and weaknesses.

• Understand how JUnit affects your perspective on development and increases your focus on a task.

• Good JUnit coding style.

• How to Create well-structured JUnit programs.

• How to Compile and execute programs using JUnit and DBUnit

• How to extend testing with mock objects using Mockito.

• Refactoring techniques available to make code as reusable/robust as possible.

• Various testing techniques.

Audience:

• This programming course is for students with hands-on Java development experience. Attending titles may include Software Developers and Programmers, Agile Practitioners, Quality Assurance Professionals, Software Testers, Product Owners, Project Managers, IT Managers or Software Engineers.

Prerequisites:

Take Before: Students should have development skills at least equivalent to the following course(s) or should have attended as a pre-requisite:

• TT2104 Core Java Programming for OO Experienced Developers – 4 days