Lonely Test

Definition:

• Lonely Test is a special case of Interacting Tests in which a test can be run as part of a suite but cannot be run by itself because it depends on something in a Shared Fixture that was created by another test (e.g. Chained Tests (page X)) or by suite-level fixture setup logic (such as a Setup Decorator.)

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Quality attributes

• - Code Example

• - Cause and Effect

• - Frequency

• - Refactoring

• Categorising Test Smells

• xUnit test patterns: Refactoring test code