Yesterday on the TDD-workshop, organized by BENUG, Jonathan de Halleux did a great job by presenting his ideas on database-driven unit testing. During the session a lot of interesting code and examples were shown, nevertheless most of the attendees were overwhelmed by the content and its complexity.
For those of you interested in getting your hands on the examples: get this download and execute the walkthroughs yourself. Some technical info to get started can be found on David's Blog.
After the workshop a lot of the attendees were trying to get a grip on production grammars, the data-populator framework and model-based testing ... and how to apply all this within their IT-department.
I think Jonathan gave us a good starting point with some excellent tips, however some questions stays (currently) unanswered:
- what about testing large databases where backup and restore is not an option?
- how to set your database in a consistent state without impacting performance?
- what about visual inspection?
- ...
All feedback welcome!