I actually think unit testing has nothing to do with testing.
Unit testing is about defining (TDD) or refining (probably internal) interfaces, and preserving important aspects of those over time (regression testing)—i.e. managing change. A unit test is best close to the code, where the tester should not be to not lose focus.
Real testing is about questioning the product. A tester represents the costumer. And a typical customer doesn't care about the code. He cares about functionality. Thus a tester should only interact with the product and not with the code—including unit tests.
I agree that testers should only interact with the product and not with the code.
I think unit testing is a very important tool for the developers.
It can help them find bugs easily and deliver the best version of the product to the testers.
Are you a tester yourself?
I'm asking because I'm new to the unit testing world, and my team and I recently started working with Typemock for C#, and I wanted to get some feedback about their product... Have you heard about them by any chance?
I think developers only need to decrease technical hurdles to testing. If a tool / feature / etc. is easily accessible, testers can go wild :-)
What do you think about unit testing?
I actually think unit testing has nothing to do with testing.
Unit testing is about defining (TDD) or refining (probably internal) interfaces, and preserving important aspects of those over time (regression testing)—i.e. managing change. A unit test is best close to the code, where the tester should not be to not lose focus.
Real testing is about questioning the product. A tester represents the costumer. And a typical customer doesn't care about the code. He cares about functionality. Thus a tester should only interact with the product and not with the code—including unit tests.
What do you think?
I agree that testers should only interact with the product and not with the code.
I think unit testing is a very important tool for the developers.
It can help them find bugs easily and deliver the best version of the product to the testers.
Are you a tester yourself?
Unit testing is a very important tool—I didn't want to imply the contrary.
I am a developer by profession, but tested occasionally and am interacting with testers.
Which languages do you work with? do you perform unit testing?
We work mostly with Java and we do unit testing. Why do you ask?
I'm asking because I'm new to the unit testing world, and my team and I recently started working with Typemock for C#, and I wanted to get some feedback about their product... Have you heard about them by any chance?
No, sorry—I haven't.
Ok, thanks a lot for your answers! I've learned a lot :)