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The Art of Unit Testing in Java
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Roy Osherove and Lasse Koskela

MEAP Began: October 2009
Softbound print: Fall 2010 | 350 pages
ISBN: 9781935182573

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Table of Contents, MEAP Chapters & Resources

Table of Contents         Resources 
Part I - Getting started
 1. The basics of unit testing - FREE
 2. A first unit test - AVAILABLE

Part II - Core techniques
 3. Using stubs to break dependencies - AVAILABLE
 4. Interaction testing using mock objects
 5. Isolation (mock object) frameworks

Part III - Structure and aesthetics
 6. Test hierarchies and organization
 7. The pillars of good tests
Part IV - Implementation
 8. Integrating unit testing into the organization
 9. Working with legacy code

Appendices
A: Design and testability
B: Extra tools and frameworks
C: Dynamic languages on the JVM
D: Speeding up test execution
 

About the Author

The chief architect at Typemock, Roy Osherove is one of the original ALT.NET organizers. He consults and trains teams worldwide on the gentle art of unit testing and test-driven development. He frequently speaks at international conferences such as TechEd and JAOO. Roy's blog is at ISerializable.com.

Lasse Koskela, a methodology specialist at Reaktor Innovations in Finland, has coached dozens of teams in agile methods and practices such as test-driven development.

About the Early Access Version

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