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Summary: Thorough and concise work on JUnit
Review: This is a strong book on a worthy topic. It's short but that doesn't stop it from covering the topic well. The authors just stay on track and cover the required material in a brief and balanced manner.On the down side there could have been more context about JUnit and it's alternatives. The first chapter covers this somewhat but after that it is JUnit all the way. On the upside, the book is well written and edited. It is concise and sometimes witty but not to the level of going off track. The interesting chapters: Chapter one introduces JUnit and shows some alternatives, mainly doing tests by hand. Chapter two covers JUnit completely in detail. Which is almost a bit too much too fast and I found myself a little lost in the detail. It could stand to be broken up a little. Chapter four is an excellent introduction to test driven development. This section alone is almost worth the price of the book. Chapter five covers integrating JUnit into existing tools like Ant and Eclipse. The second part then applies JUnit to each of a number of different types of code, including web pages, tag libraries, data access, etc. This is the heart of the matter and it's done very well. This connects the code you have to the JUnit test framework step by step. It's very well done. If you are using JUnit or are interested in test driven development in Java this is a fantastic book and is well worth the money. (Full disclosure: I am a Manning author but I in no way allow that to effect my reviews.)
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Summary: No more questions.
Review: This is the work of an expert on the subject. Made as simple as possible, but no simpler. It covers what to test and how to test. More than just using the JUnit tool, it explains how you can safely and repetitively test difficult classes that perform updates deletes or handle volitile data. Covers testing with Cactus, Servlets, JSP's, EJB's and stand-alone console programs. Everything you need to get the job done with style and quality.
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Summary: No more questions.
Review: This is the work of an expert on the subject. Made as simple as possible, but no simpler. It covers what to test and how to test. More than just using the JUnit tool, it explains how you can safely and repetitively test difficult classes that perform updates deletes or handle volitile data. Covers testing with Cactus, Servlets, JSP's, EJB's and stand-alone console programs. Everything you need to get the job done with style and quality.
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Summary: A quality and indepth view into the world of Unit Testing
Review: When I first started to read JUnit in Action, I was hoping that it wouldn't be a tutorial on the open source tool JUnit. I am glad to say that it is much more. I think the book's name could really be "Testing in Practice". Sure, JUnit is covered in a lot of detail, but so are other tools such as: - Integration with: Ant, Maven, and Eclipse
- Mock Objects (via both EasyMock and DynaMock)
- Cactus for testing in a container
- And other small helper tools (nice ant tasks, etc.) What made me really enjoy this book is the way it is written, coupled with the practical look at the many technologies involved in testing. It is a fresh read, that doesn't get bogged down. The book flows really well, giving you best practices throughout. They don't just say "Do X", they actually show you where these best practices come from as they refactor their own code. You are really aware that these authors know their stuff, and are drawing from a lot of experience (compared to the online FAQs).
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