Testing

Learning objectives

• To become familiar with the basic terminology and concepts of testing, including verification, validation, black box testing, and white box testing.
• To gain experience with the JUnit testing tool and the Jacoco code coverage tool.

Resources

• Screencast: Introduction to Testing
• Screencast: JUnit and Jacoco for Robocode in Maven (watch in 1080p, large screen)

Unit Testing and JUnit

Note: You must use JUnit 4 in this class. That means do not extend TestCase, and do use @Test.  However, the readings based on Junit 3.8 are still useful for more general testing and JUnit concepts.

• JUnit Cookbook (JUnit 4)
  
• Test Infected: Programmers Love Writing Tests (JUnit 3.8)
• JUnit Anti-Patterns (JUnit 3.8)
  

Coverage and Jacoco

• A buyer’s guide to code coverage terminology
  
• How to misuse code coverage
  
• Don’t be fooled by the coverage report
  

Concepts/Vocabulary:

• Equivalence Partitioning
  
• White box testing
  
• Black box testing
  

Experiential Learning

• A18: In-class test design
• A19: Competitive robot testing