What is unit testing?

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What is unit testing?

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Unit testing is the process of testing a single unit of code in an isolated manner. The unit of code can be a method, a class, or a module. Unit testing aims to focus on the smallest building blocks of code to get confidence to combine them later to produce fully functioning software.

A unit test invokes the code and verifies the result with the expected result. If the expected and actual outcomes match, then the unit test passes. Otherwise, it fails.

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A good unit test has the following characteristics:

  1. It should test a single piece of functionality.
  2. It is fully automated and repeatable.
  3. It should run quickly and provide immediate feedback.
  4. It should be isolated and shouldn’t interact with external dependencies such as network, database, or file system unless needed. You can use the mocking technique to simulate the external dependencies and isolate the code under test.