my ide layout
I have found this to be a particulary effective way to layout my IDE when I’m writing a unit test. Let me explain every part in detail.
- Editor split vertically: This is the key part. With my editor split vertically, I can keep the test and the production code open at the same time. Without this split, I’d constantly have to switch between the two files.
- Test on left & Production on right: I think it makes sense to put the file you type more on on the left side. Keep in mind I type left to right.
- Hide file system: The file system takes up precious horizontal space and should be ignored. I focus just on the test and the unit of code I’m testing.
- Tested code & Untested code: Code coverage shows me how much of this unit I have tested.
- Test just this unit: This prevents other integration tests from interfering with the code coverage report. I want to know how well this unit test covers the production code.
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I don’t write in java, so I don’t recognize the editor – which is it? Eclipse? And how does Code Coverage work? Are there false positives or negatives?
@Tom
The editor looks to be Intellij IDEA
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