program selection system

Summary

There are two questions worth asking oneself over and over when creating automated acceptance tests.

• What is the purpose of this test?
• Does the test express this purpose as clearly as possible?

This clinic uses exercises and examples to reinforce the good habit of writing tests with a clear purpose. Our focus is on favoring “declarative-style” tests over “procedural-style” tests. (See Bill Wake’s explanation of the difference at http://xp123.com/xplor/xp0503/index.shtml)

Automated acceptance testing is a key agile practice. This clinic provides some intense hands-on experience with the FitNesse.NET automated testing environment. I will provide an overview of automated functional testing and the FitNesse.NET environment. I will guide participants, working in pairs, to develop test and production code for a bowling scoring system.