Comments on Notes in Modern Programming: Unit Tests and the PrivateObject, Part 1

would you be kind and post some example code? I am...

2010-02-22T17:48:41.226-08:00

would you be kind and post some example code? I am doing unit testing with VS2008 and yes, I am testing private methods and I am using Accessor.
Public void method is populating a private field. I can not get the values in my test code...

Yeah, pretty much.. If your functionality in the p...

2009-11-04T17:20:39.771-08:00

Yeah, pretty much.. If your functionality in the private methods is so complex or has so many side-effects that you don't think that testing the classes surface area covers them adequately, then the private methods are already violating the Single Responsibility Principle and probably should become a separate dependency for your class and those be tested as that separate class.

so, no unit tests for private methods?

2009-11-04T15:29:29.666-08:00

so, no unit tests for private methods?

A unit test is supposed to be testing the public s...

2009-11-04T15:27:26.330-08:00

A unit test is supposed to be testing the public surface of an object. If you have reach into its private parts, I'd call that a problem with the design.