The Operating System Evangelist

Definition:

• A unit test that relies on a specific operating system environment to be in place in order to work. A good example would be a test case that uses the newline sequence for Windows in an assertion, only to break when run on Linux.

References:

Quality attributes

• - Code Example

• - Cause and Effect

• - Frequency

• - Refactoring

• Anti-Patterns - Digital Tapestry

• Categorising Test Smells

• TDD and anti-patterns - Chapter 5

• Test-Driven Development: TDD Anti-Patterns