Intro

I usually do my small prototypes with python and therefore I used pytest and other libraries for as unit test framework. However, I started giving a try on Junit in java. It’s quite simple actually. A good starting tutorial is [1]. I’m a very supporter of TDD and always trying new frameworks and we can see

JUNIT

1. Write the java class –> compile the class

2. Write the java test class –> compile

3. Run test

$JAVA_HOME/bin/java -cp .:junit-4.10.jar:hamcrest-core-1.3.jar org.junit.runner.JUnitCore CalculatorTest

Sucess

JUnit version 4.10
.
Time: 0.002

OK (1 test)

       Failure

JUnit version 4.10
.E
Time: 0.003
There was 1 failure:
1) evaluatesExpression(CalculatorTest)
java.lang.AssertionError: expected:<6> but was:<-6>

FAILURES!!!
Tests run: 1, Failures: 1

 

Obs: I wonder why my tests are taking in avg 1/3 of the time in the original tutorial. 3 times more is quite a different, but it might be the JVM optimization.

PyTest Comparison

Python is a scripting language and therefore does not need to be compiled. So a 1-1 comparison would be decontextualized. However, if we only compare the pytest I think python would win basically the stack is shorter, therefore, simpler to debug actually. Just less noise, but JUNIT is pretty simple also.

The time evaluation is very useful actually.

REFs

[1] https://github.com/junit-team/junit4/wiki/Getting-started