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Validating the behavior of isolated source code
Unit testing, also known as component or module testing, is a form of software testing by which isolated source code is tested to validate expected behavior. Wikipedia →
🧠Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Unit testingA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Screening and Testing for Hepatitis B Virus Infection: CDC Recommendations — United States, 2023Influential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Annual book of ASTM standardsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Testing for a unit root in time series regressionCited 13,489 times
- Go sideways: JUnitA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Test automationA closely related topic
đź“– Definitions
Noun A software testing methodology in which individual tests (unit tests) are developed for each small part of a program.
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Testing for a unit root in time series regression
Testing for unit roots in heterogeneous panels
Testing the null hypothesis of stationarity against the alternative of a unit root
Community Structure and Crime: Testing Social-Disorganization Theory
🆕 Influential since 2022
Screening and Testing for Hepatitis B Virus Infection: CDC Recommendations — United States, 2023
Machine learning in point-of-care testing: innovations, challenges, and opportunities
Testing Multi-Subroutine Quantum Programs: From Unit Testing to Integration Testing
Reflections on “Testing for unit roots in heterogeneous panels”
Dental unit waterline testing practices: an 11-Year retrospective study
đź“š Books worth reading
Annual book of ASTM standardsAmerican Society for Testing and Materials · 1978
Shutter IslandDennis Lehane · 2003
American History, a SurveyAlan Brinkley · 1900- 📕Nuclear weaponsUnited States. General Accounting Office · 1987
Educational testing and measurementTom Kubiszyn · 1984
ASVAB for dummiesJennifer Lawler, Rod Powers · 2003
Classroom Assessment with PowerWeb Bind-In CardPeter W. Airasian, Michael Russell · 1991
McGraw-Hill's SATChristopher Black, Mark Anestis · 2007
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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