We often need to write unit tests for code that accesses an external resource such as a database or a file file system. If such resources are not available, the only way to ensure that the tests can ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Craig S. Smith, Eye on AI host and former NYT writer, covers AI. Software development is a creative endeavor, but it can be filled ...

I noticed that talking about TDD hardly works. People like to see raw results. Saying that “writing tests will reduce development time” is most likely true, but it might not be enough to get anybody ...

More often than not, enterprise code is badly unit tested or worse, not unit tested. While the reasons for this could vary from time constraints, budget constraints or lack of developer knowledge, ...

Just like production code, test code needs to be rigorously examined to ensure it’s clean and bug free. In this first half of a two-part article, Klaus Berg makes the case for why good unit tests are ...