Re:Software Testing Anti-patterns
by flukus on Sunday April 22, 2018 @08:39PM
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> but too much DRY in tests can make for hard-to-modify spaghetti
This applies to all code, not just tests. Dry can turn some stupidly simple if somewhat repetitive code into a complicated mess.
For unit tests though, as I general rule I don't share any setup between tests but I use the test fixture setup method for common mocks to return default answers. Even that can get too hairy at times and it's better off creating a second test fixture.
This applies to all code, not just tests. Dry can turn some stupidly simple if somewhat repetitive code into a complicated mess.
For unit tests though, as I general rule I don't share any setup between tests but I use the test fixture setup method for common mocks to return default answers. Even that can get too hairy at times and it's better off creating a second test fixture.