kotlin
In-memory database tests with Querydsl
Writing tests is an important skill of a software engineer. I used to write lots of very focused, narrow unit tests. However, I often found such tests to hinder refactoring and barely help in catching regressions. Whether such issues were caused by my poor design choices or are intrinsic to unit tests is not the focus…
ReadHow to publish a library to a Maven repository with the maven-publish plugin
A seasoned developer now and then creates a piece of code that he or she would like to reuse in a different project. When such time comes it is useful to know how to publish a library so that it can easily be incorporated into a different project. In this post I will describe how to publish a Kotlin library to JCenter…
ReadUse ShouldKO for better assertion messages
Most of us write tests these days. Whether they are unit, integration, end-to-end or performance tests once written we often do not go back to them until they fail. It is thus vital to have a clear assertion message when a test fails. Hamcrest I think Hamcrest is the most popular assertion library available in Java…
ReadHow to clear database in Spring Boot tests?
Nowadays using a production like database in unit1 tests is a common practice. Calling a real database can increase our confidence that a tested code actually works. Having said that a database, by its very nature, brings external state into a test that will affect its behavior, hence we need to pay special attention…
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