Writing Automated Tests

(I Feel Your Pain)

Length: 45 minutes

Most programmers don't write automated tests for their code, but I think they would be happier if they did, and I think I know why they don't. It's because the freaks from the Cult of the Test have convinced them that they have to devote their lives and all their worldly possessions to testing.

But you can get a lot of the benefit of the tests even without a lot of time or trouble. In fact, I think that for most people, writing tests should be quick and easy. This talk explains why and how.

• Writing Automated Tests
• What we will do
• Account Services
• Syscommand
• Breakage
• Just Drink the Kool-Aid!
• Why don't people test?
• Philosophy
• Test code is easy to write
• Test code does not have to be clean and readable
• For example...
• Test code does not have to be robust
• The False Dilemma
• Summary
• Just lighten up
• Technical Details
• Simple test example
• Perl Test Apparatus
• Test::Harness
• Test::More
• ok
• is
• acctsrvcs oddities
• Some acctsrvcs tests
• The talk is now over

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