Starting to Unit Test Quotes

“Accesses files, connects to databases, calls web services, etc. I mentioned this in the first chapter, but that was in the context of saying that these things aren’t considered unit tests.”
― Erik Dietrich, Starting to Unit Test: Not as Hard as You Think

“Global state is testability kryptonite.”
― Erik Dietrich, Starting to Unit Test: Not as Hard as You Think

“Excellent candidates for this are methods with pure in-memory operations and ones that deal largely with primitives.”
― Erik Dietrich, Starting to Unit Test: Not as Hard as You Think

“Starting to unit test doesn’t mean that you’re suddenly responsible for testing every line of code in history, nor does it mean you must test every single new line. Just start out by writing a few that you think will help.”
― Erik Dietrich, Starting to Unit Test: Not as Hard as You Think

“like roses – you have to plan for them from the start and carefully cultivate an environment in which they can thrive.”
― Erik Dietrich, Starting to Unit Test: Not as Hard as You Think