Unit Testing

Do We Need Unit Tests Anymore?

This blog post describes how automated testing tools have evolved during my software development career, identifies the reasons why integration, API, and end-to-end tests have become more popular, and explains how we can identify the tests which are most useful to us. Read More

Clean Test Automation Monthly 9 / 2024

The Clean Test Automation Monthly is a monthly blog post that highlights the best test automation content which I read during the current month. This blog post highlights the best test automation content of September 2024. Read More

How to Write Unit Tests Which Won't Tie Our Hands

This blog post describes why traditional unit tests can be painful to maintain, introduces a new technique that helps us to write unit tests which embrace change, and explains when we should use this new technique. Read More

Clean Test Automation Monthly 5 / 2024

The Clean Test Automation Monthly is a monthly blog post that highlights the best test automation content which I read during the current month. This blog post highlights the best test automation content of May 2024. Read More

Clean Test Automation Monthly 12 / 2023

The Clean Test Automation Monthly is a monthly blog post that highlights the best test automation content which I read during the current month. This blog post highlights the best test automation content of December 2023. Read More

Introduction to Spies

This blog post explains what a spy is, describes how we can create spies from the scratch and use them in our automated tests, and helps us to understand when we should use spies. Read More