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In this video, I talk briefly about the content that this workshop will cover. In short, you'll learn about using the Spring testing framework to unit test a Spring MVC app, leveraging Mockito as a mocking library, and DBUnit to test our data layer.
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[SOUND] Hi there, I'm Chris and
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I teach Java here at tree house.
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What we're going to talk about today is
a unit testing a web application that was
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developed using the Spring Framework.
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If you've spent time in our library you
may have watched Craig talk about unit
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testing with JUnit that's a great place
to start if you're new to unit testing
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In general, you'll want to unit test an
application to ensure that it does indeed
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do what you intend it to do.
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You can use unit test to check for
boundary cases or
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special cases, as well as testing
that normal functionality is working.
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In general,
if you aren't incorporating unit tests,
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you haven't done your due diligence
in creating reliable software.
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As far as spring is concerned you may
have also spent time with me learning
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about the power of the spring framework
in developing scalable web applications
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in our library we've used
the Model View Controller pattern
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to nicely separate the functionality
into distinct layers.
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It is especially important when writing
applications in bigger frameworks like
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spring, that you incorporate unit
tests to ensure as much as possible,
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that your code is functioning as intended.
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Fortunately, spring provides a whole
testing library that allows you to test
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each one of these layers and
includes ways for
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you to incorporate the mocking of
parts that don't need to be present
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in their full production forms for
purposes of testing.
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Marking simply means faking
certain functionality.
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During this workshop, we’ll discuss how
to test controllers, views, services and
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DAOs as well as incorporate the marking of
objects that are being tested directly.
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All right with that said let's get to it.
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