The NetBeans IDE provides JUnit integration that can be very handy when writing and running JUnit-based unit tests. However, I like to be able to do anything I might do often outside of the IDE as ...

This example shows how to split unit and integration tests using Maven and JUnit categories. It is especially useful for existing test suites and can be implemented in minutes. This has been a very ...

In a recent article, I covered the creation of JUnit tests to perform unit testing on Java classes. Although testing individual classes is helpful, unit tests work best when they're written to cover ...

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Why, of course, by virtually starting up the Java class and pushing the buttons, so to speak. You test a Java class by calling methods on it from another Java class. The following Java source file is ...

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Unit testing is a powerful tool for software quality -- and has been for decades. Unit tests provide a fundamental check that an application meets its software design specifications and behaves as ...

JUnit, a simple testing framework created by Kent Beck and Erich Gamma during a long airplane trip a few years ago, ushered in a new era of developer testing. A cottage industry grew up around "*Unit" ...

Unit testing allows QA testers and developers to eliminate problems in the codebase and elevate software quality. Choosing the right language and framework for unit testing is crucial for teams. Unit ...