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Java Unit Testing in Java What to Test Know Your Bounds

Posted by <noob />
<noob />
17,047 Points

Junit tests replace try catch?

? Tonnie Fanadez

i understand that we write test to simluate a case that could happen in a real program but craig mentioned something about that try catch block are the old way to do checks

1 Answer

Lauren Moineau
Lauren Moineau
9,483 Points

I haven't done that course and can't find where he says it in the video linked above, but maybe he meant that using try-catch in JUnit tests is the old way of testing exceptions. With JUnit, you can also use annotations or the ExpectedException rule for example. I'm not sure either.

<noob />
<noob />
17,047 Points

i think ur right i was confused. in which course u are?

Lauren Moineau
Lauren Moineau
9,483 Points

I'm finishing up the Java Beginner track. I'm on Data Structures right now. But I've done other Java courses in the past.