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Hanging your tests on a framework
But aren’t there testing frameworks
out there to do this for us? Why are
we writing all this code ourselves?
testing and continuous integration
Coming up with tests is YOUR job.
There are lots of good frameworks out there, but they run your tests; they
don’t write them for you.* A testing frameworks is really just a collection
of tools that help you express your tests. Even though that makes them
really useful, there are a few things you still need to keep in mind:
First, you still need to figure out what you have to test. Figuring
out what to test and how you express that test are usually two different
things. Regardless of your framework, you need to think about functional
testing, performance testing, boundary or edge cases, race conditions,
security risks, valid data, invalid data, etc.
Next, your choice of testing frameworks is almost certainly
going to impact how you test. That’s not always a bad thing, but don’t
forget about it. This might mean you need more than one way to test your
software. For example, if you decide to use a code-level testing framework
for your desktop application, you’re still leaving yourself open for bugs in
your GUI, so you’ll probably want something to test that, too. Another
great example: say you’re writing a 3-D game. Testing the backend code
isn’t too hard, but making sure that the game renders correctly and people
can’t walk through walls or fall through small cracks in your world...well,
that’s a mess, and no framework can generate those tests for you.
* Actually, some frameworks can generate tests for you, but they
have very specific goals in mind. Security frameworks are a common
example: the framework can throw tons of common security errors
at your software and see what happens. But this doesn’t replace real
application testing to make sure the system does what you think it
does (and what the customer actually wants it to do).
We’re talking about frameworks, but what does that really mean? The obvious way to
test is to have someone use your application. But, if we can automate our tests we
can get paid while the computer tests our stuff be more effective and know that our
tests are run exactly the same way each time. That’s important, because consistency in
how a test is run isn’t something humans are very good at.
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