Unit Testing Essentials using JUnit and EasyMock (TT3520)

About This Course

Unit Testing Essentials using JUnit and EasyMock is a three-day, comprehensive hands-on unit testing training course geared for developers who need to get up and running with essential unit testing skills using JUnit, EasyMock, and other tools. Throughout the course students learn the best practices for writing great programs in Java, using unit testing 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
• Recommended but not required: 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 what unit testing is and what it is not intended to cover
• 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 unit testing.
• 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.
• Understand how JUnit testing can be used for either state-based or interaction-based testing.
• 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.