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Pragmatic Unit Testing in Java 8 with JUnit

Name: Pragmatic Unit Testing in Java 8 with JUnit
Price: 59 USD
Author: The Pragmatic Programmers

Explore writing unit tests for Java applications using JUnit, delve into JUnit organization, assertions, quality practices, design relevance, refactoring, and using mock objects for dependencies.

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102 lessons

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Created by The Pragmatic Programmers

Pragmatic Unit Testing in Java 8 with JUnit

What's included

102 lessons across 16 modules
26 quizzes with instant feedback
AI Tutor on every lesson

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What You'll Learn

Learn how to effectively test Java applications using JUnit
Get to know the core quality principles of unit testing
Master writing cleaner and refactored JUnit tests

Learning Roadmap

102 Lessons26 Quizzes

Before We Begin

Get familiar with pragmatic unit testing principles, JUnit practices, and their benefits.

Why This Course?

Course Structure

Why Unit Testing?

JUnit Test Foundations

Get started with foundational JUnit concepts, writing unit tests, and maintaining test clarity.

Reasons to Write Unit Tests

Introduction to Building JUnit Test

Our First Passing Test

Arrange, Act, and Assert Your Way to a Test

Understanding What We’re Testing: The Profile Class

Let's Write Tests

Initializing Tests with @Before Methods

Quiz on JUnit Test Bits

Digging Deeper into JUnit Assertions

9 Lessons

Break apart critical JUnit assertions, styles, decorators, floating-point comparisons, and exception handling techniques.

Organizing Your Tests

8 Lessons

Break down complex ideas for organizing and optimizing unit tests in JUnit.

Mastering Manic Mnemonics!

7 Lessons

Deepen your knowledge of the FIRST principles to enhance unit test effectiveness and reliability.

What to Test: The Right-BICEP

8 Lessons

Investigate the Right-BICEP technique for structured unit testing, focusing on correctness, boundaries, inverses, cross-checks, errors, and performance.

Boundary Conditions: The CORRECT Way

8 Lessons

Piece together the parts of evaluating boundary conditions using the CORRECT acronym for thorough testing.

The Bigger Design Picture

5 Lessons

Try out refactoring techniques to optimize code clarity and maintainability using JUnit tests.

Bigger Design Issues

6 Lessons

Get started with applying SOLID principles, command-query separation, and optimizing test maintenance for better design.

10.

Using Mock Objects

7 Lessons

Break apart the use of mock objects to streamline and improve unit testing.

11.

Refactoring Tests

10 Lessons

Enhance your skills in refactoring tests to improve readability, maintainability, and effectiveness.

12.

The Bigger Unit-Testing Picture

10 Lessons

Dig deeper into Test-Driven Development, its cycle, incremental coding, refactoring, and effective test documentation.

13.

Testing Some Tough Stuff

6 Lessons

Tackle testing challenges in multithreaded code, application logic extraction, database testing, and mocking controllers.

14.

Testing on a Project

4 Lessons

Piece together the parts of unit testing, team standards, CI, and code coverage.

15.

Wrapping Up

Get familiar with applying unit testing techniques in practice and continuously refining skills.

Conclusion

16.

Appendix - Setting up JUnit

2 Lessons

Unpack the core of setting up JUnit in IntelliJ IDEA and NetBeans.

Certificate of Completion

Showcase your accomplishment by sharing your certificate of completion.

About this course

WHY I WROTE THIS COURSE

In this course, you will learn how to write a unit test for Java applications using JUnit. You'll start by covering unit-testing foundations, which provide you with a starter set of information about writing basic tests in JUnit. You’ll learn about JUnit organization and assertions, and you’ll pick up a few core quality practices for unit testing such as the Right BICEP and the CORRECT way. Towards the end, the bigger design picture focuses on the relevance of design to unit testing and vice versa. You’ll refactor your tests, and you’ll learn how to use mock objects to deal with trouble-some dependencies.

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