Looking for some strategies for how you guys are loading default data when doing unit tests.
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Looking for some strategies for how you guys are loading default data when doing unit tests.
I use a builder that contains the default values, just like this: http://elegantcode.com/2008/04/26/test-data-builders-refined/. Then the test only specifies the value it cares for:
After reading the other answers, I want to clear that its not for database data. Its to build the instances/data you pass to the classes you are unit testing.
Its a matter of convenience/keeping the tests simple, plenty of times you are testing very specific behavior that depends on 1-3 fields and you don’t care about the rest of the fields.