Mastering Test-Driven Development using JUnit (TT3500)

About This Course

Mastering Test Driven Development using JUnit is a five-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 students learn the best practices for writing great programs in Java, using test-driven development techniques. This comprehensive course also covers essential TDD topics and skills.

Audience Profile

This is an intermediate-to-advanced level Java course, designed for developers who wish to get up and running on test-driven development immediately.  Attendees should be familiar with Java and object-oriented technologies.  Real world programming experience is a must.

Take Before: Students should have basic development skills and experience in the following topics, or attend these courses as a pre-requisite:

• TT2100 Mastering Java for OO Developers
• TT5100: Mastering JEE Web Application Development

At Course Completion

Working within in a dynamic, learning environment, guided by our expert TDD team, attendees will::

• Understand JUnit.
• Understand and use the JUnit Test Runner interface.
• Use JUnit to drive the implementation of Java code.
• Test applications using native IDE support.
• Best practices and patterns for test development.
• Understand JUnit’s strengths and weaknesses
• Understand the role of debugging when done in conjunction with tests.
• Understand not only the fundamentals of the TDD using Java, but also its importance, uses, strengths and weaknesses.
• Understand how JUnit affects your perspective on development and increases your focus on a task.
• Learn good JUnit coding style.
• Create well structured JUnit programs.
• Compile and execute programs using JUnit, jWebUnit, and DBUnit using the IDE of your choice.
• How to extend testing with mock objects using EasyMock.
• Look at refactoring techniques available to make code as reusable/robust as possible.
• Discuss various testing techniques.