Introduction to JUnit 5

Learn the basics of JUnit 5 and its brief history.

What is JUnit 5?

JUnit 5 is a popular Unit Testing Framework that helps Java developers to unit test their code.

JUnit was originally developed by Kent Beck and Erich Gamma in 1997. JUnit 5 is the latest installment of the software.

JUnit 5 was developed because, with the introduction of Java 8 and many new language features, a modern and flexible unit testing framework was needed.

Supported Java versions

JUnit 5 is a complete rewrite of JUnit 4, and it supports Java 8 and newer versions.

JUnit 5 modules

JUnit 5 is composed of several different modules, such as:

  • JUnit Jupiter
  • JUnit Platform
  • JUnit Vintage

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