Contortionist Testing

Definition:

• this is really a design smell. You’re probably adding tests after the code was written and are required to bend over backwards to construct those tests owing to poorly designed code. This especially involves NEEDing to use mocking of static functions or types.

References:

Quality attributes

• - Code Example

• - Cause and Effect

• - Frequency

• - Refactoring

• Test Smells - The Coding Craftsman