Code Smells

The book has now been published and the content of this chapter has likely changed substanstially.

Smells that are found while looking at test code.

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All Categories

Introductory Narratives

Web Site Instructions

Code Refactorings

Database Patterns

External Patterns

Fixture Setup Patterns

Fixture Teardown Patterns

Result Verification Patterns

Test Double Patterns

Test Organization

Test Refactorings

All "Test Smells"

--Conditional Test Logic

--Hard-to-Test Code

--Test Code Duplication

--Test Logic in Production

Behavior Smells

--Assertion Roulette

--Frequent Debugging

--Manual Intervention

Project Smells

--Developers Not Writing Tests

--High Test Maintenance Cost

--Production Bugs