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Unit test suites not only provide protection against regressions, but they can also highlight design issues therefore it is important to listen to what your tests tell you and make improvements accordingly.

โ€œ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ข ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ. ๐˜๐˜ตโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณโ€”๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ-๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜บ. ๐˜๐˜ง ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต, ๐˜ช๐˜ตโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต.

๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜บ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ข ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ต ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ตโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ซ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ.โ€ โ€“ Validimir Khorikov

Below are a few code design issues that unit tests can highlight:

๐“๐จ๐จ ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐›๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ: The complexity and size of the arrange/setup phase of the class under tests hints at a design problem where the class under test simply has too much responsibility, this violates the single responsibility principle.

Before adding a new dependency to your class it is worth pausing and asking ones-self if such an addition will lead to increased responsibility and compromise cohesion, the LCOM metric can help you determine this, another approach may be to adopt a design pattern such as the Command Query Separation Responsibility to create smaller classes.

๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ž๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ค: Performing multiple actions within the "Act" phase of a unit test is a good indication of leaking implementation details as this implies that the client code is required to perform multiple actions to complete a single operation, this is especially true when inconsistencies in calling these actions invalidate the operation in question.

Encapsulating implementation details prevents them from leaking to client code.

๐’๐ข๐๐ž ๐ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ: Performing assertions on anything else besides the output of the method under test indicates that executing the method under test yields side effects. Side effects can impact readability and lead to difficult-to-diagnose problems. Side effects can be avoided by making functions mathematical/pure.

Side effects can be unavoidable at times, for example, a side effect of a least recently used cache is the eviction of one member upon the insertion of another.

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