Test Driven Development

Test Driven Development
Dhaval Dalal
software-artisan.com
@softwareartisan

What TDD is not?
TDD
is not
about Testing!
TDD
is not
Test Last
or
DDT
(Design Driven Tests)

What TDD is?
TDD
or
Test First
is about
evolving the design of the system through
Tests.

[TestFixture]
public class OddNumberFilterTest {
[Test]
public void FiltersOutOddNumbers() {
OddNumberFilter filter = new OddNumberFilter();
int [] numbers = new int [] { 3, 4 };
int [] evenNumbers = filter.Filter(numbers);
Assert.That(evenNumbers, Has.Count(1));
Assert.That(evenNumbers, Has.Member(4));
Assert.That(evenNumbers, Has.No.Member(3));
}
}
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Specify What Software Should Do...
Then
When
Given

public class OddNumberFilter {
public int [] Filter (params int [] numbers)
{
throw new NotImplementedException();
}
}
Write Just Enough Code To Compile

Red

public class OddNumberFilter {
public int [] Filter (params int [] numbers)
{
List<int> evenNumbers = new List<int>();
foreach (int number in numbers)
{
if (number % 2 == 0)
{
evenNumbers.Add(number);
}
}
return evenNumbers.ToArray();
}
}
Write Enough Code To Pass The
Specification...

Green

General Test Structure
Setup the Givens
(Context in which the Test runs)
Then verify the Assertions
(State or Behavior verifications)
Exercise the Whens
(Perform the actual operation)
Arrange
Assert
Act

[TestFixture]
public class NumberFilterTest {
[Test]
public void FiltersOddNumbers() {
}
Add New Feature:
Filter-out Non-Primes

[TestFixture]
[Test]
}
[Test]
public void FiltersNonPrimes() {
NonPrimesFilter filter = new NonPrimesFilter();
int [] primeNumbers = filter.Filter(numbers);
Assert.That(primeNumbers, Has.Count(1));
Assert.That(primeNumbers, Has.Member(5));
Assert.That(primeNumbers, Has.No.Member(4));
}
}
Add New Feature:

[TestFixture]
[Test]
}
[Test]
}
}
Add New Feature:
Duplication
of Concept

[TestFixture]
[Test]
}
[Test]
}
}
Add New Feature:
Duplication
of Concept
Duplication
of Concept

Refactor

public interface IFilter {
int [] filter.Filter(param int [] numbers);
}
Introduce Abstraction

[TestFixture]
[Test]
public void FiltersOutOddNumbers() {
IFilter filter = new OddNumberFilter();
}
[Test]
public void FiltersOutNonPrimes() {
IFilter filter = new NonPrimesFilter();
}
}
Refactored Code

TDD Rhythm Flowchart
Write just enough
Code to compile
Refactor Code
Pass the Test
(GREEN)
Fail the Test
(RED)
Write just enough
Code to pass the test
Specify what
the software
should do
Pass the Test
(GREEN)

So, TDD is about…
Analyzing what little you actually need to
do and how cleanly you can do it!
Carving design of your code a unit test at a
time.

Write Tests Before Writing Code
! Focuses the mind (and the development
process)
" Deliver only what is absolutely necessary.
" System so developed does exactly what it
needs to do and no more.
" Need not code for future
! YAGNI (You Ain’t Gonna Need It!)...no gold plating!

TDD is a Design Technique
! Makes you think in terms of Object
behavior.
" How client is going to interact with the object.
! Outside-In
! Object so created is “consumer aware”
" What Object provides and needs from
environment.
" Traditional OOD focuses only on Object’s
Implementation
! Inside-Out

TDD results in a Decoupled Design
! Favors Composition over Inheritance.
" Relies on dependency injection for
collaborators.
! Avoids tight coupling to global objects
" Singletons mix static and state.
" Makes design untestable.
! Many small, loosely coupled classes.
! Makes you think of inter-object
interactions in terms of interfaces.
" Promotes Programming to Super-Types and not
Concretes.

Listening to the Tests
! A difficulty in implementing a new
feature is usually a symptom that the
design can be improved.
" Ask why is it difficult to test? Don’t just think
how do I test this?
! TDD is not just about functionality, it gives
us feedback on code’s internal quality.
" How is the coupling and cohesion?
" Are we preserving encapsulation?
" What about implicit or explicit dependencies?
Source: Growing Object-Oriented Software, Guided by Tests

Listening to the Tests
! Check continuously, observe and
meditate on the tests, they might tell you
something.
! The idea is to let the test drive the design.
That’s why it is called Test Driven Design.
Source: Growing Object-Oriented Software, Guided by Tests

Benefits of TDD
! Test-a-little and build-a-little gives
confidence
" Green bar gives you confidence
" Reduces fear of change
! Documentation
" Provides starting point to understand code
functionality
! Safety Net
" Checks Regression
" Supports Refactoring

Benefits of TDD
! Effort
" Reduces effort to final delivery
" Writing tests is more productive
! Predictable
" Tells me when am I done
" Continuous Success Vs Illusive Success
! Immediate Feedback
" Makes failures shine at you

Costs of TDD
Claim: It is too much work to write tests!
Rebut: I’d say “are you looking to create a speculative
design?”, “do you want to sleep with a debugger?”
Claim: Tests themselves are code, we need to maintain them,
that’s overhead!
Rebut: I’d say “do you prefer maintaining a big bug list?”
Claim: I have to spend time re-orient my thinking!
Rebut: I’d say “Just as with any skill, you need to allow some
time to apply this effectively.”

Better Test Practices
! Tests must be Small.
" Easy to understand
" They do not break when other parts of the code are
changed.
" One behavioral-assert per test.
! Tests must be Expressive.
" Test code should communicate its intent.
" It should not take more than 2 minutes for readers to
understand what is going on.
! Tests must be Maintainable.
" When a test breaks, what it contains should be easiest to
fix.

! Tests must execute Fast.
" Slow running tests increase Build Viscosity.
! Tests are Specifications, not Verifications.
" Do not verify whether the code does what its supposed
to do correctly.
" Specify what should the code do to function correctly.
! Tests should talk the Domain Language.
" Communicate the behavior under test and not how the
system implements that behavior.
" Improves Communication with Non-Technical Members
on the team.
" Developers can understand domain faster.

! Tests must run at will.
" Able to write and execute tests without
worrying about how to execute them.
! Tests must be Isolated
" Very little set-up and minimum collaborators.
! Tests must be Thorough
" Test all behavior, not methods.

! Tests must be Automated.
" Write them such that methods on objects are invoked by
code rather than by hand.
! Tests must be Self-Verifiable.
" Setup test expectations and compare outcome with
expectations for verdicts.
! Tests must be Repeatable.
" Executing the same test several times under the same
conditions must yield same results.

JUnit/NUnit Better Test Practices
! Test anything that could possibly break.
! Make testing exceptional scenarios easy to read.
! Always explain failure reason in Assert calls.
! Test should usually improve the design of the
code.
! For JUnit Tests
" Make Test code reside in same packages, but
different directories.
! For NUnit Tests
" Make Test code reside in separate project from
source project, in same namespace.

Flavors of Tests
! Object Tests (Unit or Programmer Tests)
" Tests behavior of single object at a time.
! Integration Tests
" Tests collaboration of a number of objects (how they talk
to each other)
" Complex fixtures
" More brittle
! End-to-End Tests
" Thoroughly test the entire system from end-to-end.

Unit Testing Frameworks
! xUnit framework for Unit Testing
" JUnit/TestNG for Java
" NUnit/MbUnit for C#
" cppUnit for C++
" pyUnit for Python
" …and tons of more Unit Testing frameworks.

Thank you
software-artisan.com

References
! JUnit Recipes
" J. B. Rainsberger
! JUnit In Action
" Vincent Massol
! Agile Java
" Jeff Langr
! Test-Driven Development Rhythm
" Gunjan Doshi
! Agile Principles, Patterns, and
Practices in C#
" Robert C. Martin, Micah Martin
! xUnit Test Patterns
" Gerard Meszaros
! On TDD (InfoQ): How Do We
Know When We’re Done?
" Steve Freeman
! Growing Object-Oriented
Software, Guided by Tests
" Steve Freeman and Nat Pryce
! 10-Ways-to-Better-Code (InfoQ)
" Neal Ford
! Refactoring Away Duplicated Logic
Creates a Domain Specific
Embedded Language for Testing
" Nat Pryce
! Jay Field’s Blog Entry
" http://blog.jayfields.com/
2007/06/testing-inline-setup.html

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