Re: Simple question

I don't think that relying on the test framework to tell you that every
value is correct works in all cases.  The environment (US health care
EDI) that I work in is very dependent on the data that comes into the
application.  We code to the standards for our industry (HIPAA) and test
that our application complies with those standards.  But not every
entity that we work with does comply with the standards.  Most do ...
technically.  It is the areas that aren't spelled out clearly in the
standards that cause problems (certain free-form fields, for example).
When our customers tell us that the data we provide to them doesn't make
sense we have to return to the tests to figure out why.  Being able to
capture the values that are seen by the tests is important to figure out
how to update the tests so that the corner cases are handled
appropriately.  Getting the tests "right" is very much an iterative
process here.

 

 

Mike

 

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Tony (London)
Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 2:26 AM
To: NUnit
Subject: Re: [Nunit-users] Simple question

 

Hi,

 

Michael is of course, correct - you can write whatever you like in a
unit test - it is, after all, just regular .NET code.

I would have to ask though, if you don't test the values, how do you
know whether the code works or not?

Surely the point of tools like nunit is to allow you to automate your
testing and remove the need for manual eye-balling test results?

 

cheers

 

Tony

 

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Michael
Sent: 21 May 2008 10:15
To: Jerome Gransac; NUnit
Subject: Re: [Nunit-users] Simple question

	Hi Jerome,

	 

	I'm using Nunit to dispatch my tests, only.

	You can use whatever code you like within the unit tests, so a
simple WriteLine is no problem at all.

	 

	I'm gathering a lot of data in the tests and write them to
stdout as well as an own logging facility.

	Maybe this could help you, too.

	 

	In that case, you don't use assertions at all, or only use
assertions to compare the values to thresholds if you like to.

	 

	Best regards

	Michael

	 

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	Sent: Mittwoch, 21. Mai 2008 11:00
	To: NUnit
	Subject: [Nunit-users] Simple question

	 

	Hi to all

	 

	I am a newbie and I have a simple question. 

	Maybe some of you will answer that it is not the purpose of Unit
testing, but here is my question:

	 

	Is it possible to with NUnit to display values (of results)
instead of assertions?

	 

	I mean, i don't want to test values (like
Assert.AreEqual(....)), i just need to display some values that i would
use as a test result

	 

	Any help would be appreciated
	
	 

	 

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