Unit Testing Tips

by Nataliia Vasylyna | January 15, 2016 7:18 am

A bug free product will be popular among users, and there is a high possibility that it will be further developed and modified. To make the product free from any errors is the obligation of the specialists from software testing company.

Testers perform different checking types to discover serious bugs which may trouble the product’s proper functioning. Software testing is an inherent part of the software development lifecycle. Every checking type has its own aim. For example, the duration of optimum performance periods of the product is checked with the help of reliability testing; the feedback from users is known due to usability testing[1].

Now it is time to talk about unit testing[2] and ways to improve it. There are a lot of tips which help to make this testing type more productive.

When Should Unit Testing Be Performed?

• It is better to perform unit tests on early stages of the development procedure. It saves time and money to fix found bugs. Unit testing minimizes the risk to miss serious bugs and makes the system be reliable.
• Unit testing should be executed after the code refactoring to make sure that everything functions in a proper way. Code confidence is achieved with the help of this testing type.
• It is important to have the unit tests for every discovered bug. Then, during the production, it will be easier to monitor whether the bug appears again.
• Unit tests should be performed after every modification of the code. Testers are sure that there is a huge number of bugs in the code.

Related Posts:

• About the Execution of Unit Testing[3]
• The Truth About Unit Testing[4]
• What to Indicated in Unit Test Plan?[5]

Source URL: https://blog.qatestlab.com/2016/01/15/unit-testing-tips/

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