[TFUI] Re: [TDD] Unit testing windows forms

Kevin Lawrence wrote:

> Charlie Poole wrote:

> >  Another - specific to .NET - is to
> > create a UserControl
> > that encapsulates the interaction between several lower-level controls.
> > If you start
> > out trying to separate the two things, you'll most likely discover other
> > patterns yourself.
>
> Related to my other post - that's what I have traditionally done.
>
> > BTW, I hardly ever TDD the
> > presense or
> > location of controls. I've done it experimentally a few times and didnt'
> > see that it gave
> > me any benefit.
>
> I test the presence of controls - not because there might be a bug there
> but because the *act* of testing them gives me a useful API for future
> testing

Yay!

> and helps overcomes the concern that some people have about UI
> tests being fragile. When the UI changes, only the code in the API
changes.
>
>  > presentation logic
>
> That's the phrase I was looking for in my other post.

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