Test Behaviors not Methods

Learn about the importance of focusing on class behaviors and ignoring methods.

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When we write tests, focus on the behaviors of our class, not on testing the individual methods.

Scenario: ATM class

To understand what that means, think about the tedious but time-tested example of an ATM class for a banking system. Its methods include deposit(), withdraw(), and getBalance(). We might start with the following tests:

  • makeSingleDeposit
  • makeMultipleDeposits

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