Practical Unit Testing with JUnit and Mockito

by Tomek Kaczanowski

This book explains in detail how to implement unit tests using two very popular open source Java technologies: JUnit and Mockito. It presents a range of techniques necessary to write high quality unit tests - e.g. mocks, parametrized tests and matchers. It also discusses trade-offs related to the choices we have to make when dealing with some real-life code issues.

The book stresses the importance of writing readable and maintainable unit tests, and puts a lot of stress on code quality. It shows how to achieve testable code and to eliminate common mistakes by following the Test Driven Development approach. Every topic discussed in the book is illustrated with code examples, and each chapter is accompanied by some exercises.

Genres: Programming, Software, Technology, Computer Science, Nonfiction, Technical

380 pages, Paperback

First published April 23, 2013

Reviews

[Erik Nilson · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book offers many good tips on how to build high-quality code. More importantly, it hepls create a base framework of a MANUAL that a company could use to standardise the coding styles of its engineering force. One shouldn’t follow all the tips listed in the book, but the book surley gives nice directions.

[Dmytro Chasovskyi · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have tried several different books to read regarding unit-testing and specific testing in Java but this is a DIAMOND book. Exactly the one I looked for and needed. It goes into details, have exercises to master the material and is practical enough, so after reading I can jump into the code I am working with and will be already equipped with several techniques/tools that I didn't know/fully understand before.

I definitely recommend it for people with some experience in programming, not necessarily in Java and those who want to structure accumulated knowledge over years.

[Esteban · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the best book I have read about Unit Testing in Java. It's very practical, so you are introduced to the concepts using concise escenarios. It uses examples of code closer of what you would find in enterprise OO applications.

[Ciro Santoro · Rating 4 out of 5]

I would recommend this book to anyone wanting to improve code quality by means of testability!
I really enjoyed reading this book as a developer.

[Abdur Rahman · Rating 5 out of 5]

I already had a decent bit of experience with Mockito and JUnit, but this book helped me gain a lot more perspective. A must read for unit testing in Java.

[Thomas Kennedy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am an experienced developer, and found this book to be quite useful. I intend to especially recommend it to all of the junior developers working for me.

It lays out how to do test driven development in a concise, but useful way, it gets into some of the benefits of JUnit, assertJ, and Mockito, among other frameworks.

[Maxim Estonian · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very practical, explanation of interactions in unit tests between SUT and DOCs is very helpful

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[Janos Biro · Rating 4 out of 5]

It could have been shorter with the same very valuable content.

[Eduardo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Libro muy completo sobre el Unit Testing. Sobre todo, muy práctico, muchos ejemplos. Me ha gustado mucho, más que el anterior que leí

[Dmitry · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good with rare topics covered - like unit testing async and parallel code.

[Debasis]

good

[Reazul Karim · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think this is a good book. It covers many

[Frank Palardy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Never really learned this properly. Good reference.