OpenPrinciple's Bob McCune articulates how you can increase the reliability of your application by writing better unit tests.

Unit testing is an essential practice for anyone seeking to develop better-designed, higher quality software. Testing the individual objects that make up your system provides you with a much higher degree of confidence in both the design and general quality of the application. However, testing objects in isolation often presents some unique challenges as few useful objects operate independently of others. The challenges are even greater in the context of a J2EE application where the container manages many of the collaborating objects. This article will look at the use of mock objects and the Mockrunner testing framework as a means of overcoming many of these challenges. Read More...

Join us Wednesday, August 17, 2005 at the Twin Cities Java User Group where Bob McCune will talk about Developer Testing with Mock Objects.

Unit testing is an essential practice for developers seeking to write better-designed, higher quality software. However, testing objects in isolation often presents some unique challenges. The challenges are even greater in the context of a J2EE application where many of the objects you interact with are provided by the container. In his presentation, Developer Testing with Mock Objects, Bob McCune will discuss how to effectively employ a mock objects strategy to develop isolated, out-of-container tests. The presentation will provide an overview of mock objects, what they are and why they're important, will discuss static and dynamic mocking tools and techniques, and will present several examples illustrating the benefits of this approach.

Details of the Java User Group Presentation