Approval TestsLynn

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An open-source Unit Testing library

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• Right click ‘Use whole file’

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Source - http://thesmithfam.org/blog/2012/03/05/the-code-quality-continuum/

Code Quality

Why

Test

-Dri

ven?

Why TDD? Better spec / scope Define, then create (objects)

Do Verify Feedback/regression/granularity

But… Littered with Asserts?

Extra work less productivity?

How

Test-D

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TDD

BDD

Approval Tests fit with both

types

Think Bigger

Less Code

Scenarios Assert

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Verify

Other LanguagesJava

Approval Tests in Java…

MapReduce

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Who wrote ApprovalTests?

Dan

Llewellyn

Approval Tests@LynnLangit

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