Comments on: Anatomy of a good acceptance test http://gojko.net/2010/06/16/anatomy-of-a-good-acceptance-test/ Building software that matters Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:12:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Iterative Development, Manual Testing and Frustrations « Managing Software Development http://gojko.net/2010/06/16/anatomy-of-a-good-acceptance-test/comment-page-1/#comment-105807 Iterative Development, Manual Testing and Frustrations « Managing Software Development Sun, 07 Nov 2010 12:31:30 +0000 http://gojko.net/?p=1891#comment-105807 [...] Adzic, in his post Anatomy of good acceptance test says, in order to be effective as live specification, acceptance tests have to be written in a way [...] [...] Adzic, in his post Anatomy of good acceptance test says, in order to be effective as live specification, acceptance tests have to be written in a way [...]

]]> By: blog.codecentric.de http://gojko.net/2010/06/16/anatomy-of-a-good-acceptance-test/comment-page-1/#comment-95927 blog.codecentric.de Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:11:52 +0000 http://gojko.net/?p=1891#comment-95927 <strong>How to Structure a Scalable And Maintainable Acceptance Test Suite...</strong> You started to write automated acceptance tests, so that you don’t need to retest all the results from earlier sprints at the end of every sprint. Greate, we too. After a while of successful test automation, tests start to look like a big ball of... How to Structure a Scalable And Maintainable Acceptance Test Suite…

You started to write automated acceptance tests, so that you don’t need to retest all the results from earlier sprints at the end of every sprint. Greate, we too. After a while of successful test automation, tests start to look like a big ball of…

]]> By: ParkCalc automation – Refactoring a data-driven test : Clevertester http://gojko.net/2010/06/16/anatomy-of-a-good-acceptance-test/comment-page-1/#comment-92381 ParkCalc automation – Refactoring a data-driven test : Clevertester Tue, 29 Jun 2010 20:01:12 +0000 http://gojko.net/?p=1891#comment-92381 [...] he describes a layered approach to software test automation in a very well manner. Together with Gojko’s anatomy of a good acceptance test this gives us some picture where we should be [...] [...] he describes a layered approach to software test automation in a very well manner. Together with Gojko’s anatomy of a good acceptance test this gives us some picture where we should be [...]

]]> By: Tim Andersen http://gojko.net/2010/06/16/anatomy-of-a-good-acceptance-test/comment-page-1/#comment-91407 Tim Andersen Mon, 21 Jun 2010 20:12:28 +0000 http://gojko.net/?p=1891#comment-91407 Great post Gojko! I really like how you described the pitfalls of the original test and demonstrated a better way. I find the given/when/then language adds clarity by making obvious what is an input and what is an expectation. This might be the current fad, but here is a semantic alternative. |Given|Employees| |name|address|salary| |Jeff Languid|10 Adamant St; Laurel, MD 20707|1005.00| |Kelp Holland|12B Baker St; Cottonmouth, IL 60066|2000.00| |When|Payroll Runs| |on|10/15/2010| |with next check number|1000| |Then|Printed Cheques| |cheque number|cheque date|payee|address|amount| |1000|10/15/2010|Jeff Languid|10 Adamant St; Laurel, MD 20707|1005.00| |1001|10/15/2010|Kelp Holland|12B Baker St; Cottonmouth, IL 60066|2000.00| Great post Gojko! I really like how you described the pitfalls of the original test and demonstrated a better way.

I find the given/when/then language adds clarity by making obvious what is an input and what is an expectation. This might be the current fad, but here is a semantic alternative.

|Given|Employees|
|name|address|salary|
|Jeff Languid|10 Adamant St; Laurel, MD 20707|1005.00|
|Kelp Holland|12B Baker St; Cottonmouth, IL 60066|2000.00|

|When|Payroll Runs|
|on|10/15/2010|
|with next check number|1000|

|Then|Printed Cheques|
|cheque number|cheque date|payee|address|amount|
|1000|10/15/2010|Jeff Languid|10 Adamant St; Laurel, MD 20707|1005.00|
|1001|10/15/2010|Kelp Holland|12B Baker St; Cottonmouth, IL 60066|2000.00|

]]> By: Anonymous http://gojko.net/2010/06/16/anatomy-of-a-good-acceptance-test/comment-page-1/#comment-91262 Anonymous Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:49:30 +0000 http://gojko.net/?p=1891#comment-91262 [...] week Gojko Adzic wrote about the anatomy of a good acceptance test. After having read his elaboration, I remembered how I came up with the preparation for the EWT19 [...] [...] week Gojko Adzic wrote about the anatomy of a good acceptance test. After having read his elaboration, I remembered how I came up with the preparation for the EWT19 [...]

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