This learning hour is about Arrange - Act - Assert and uses a simpler exercise than AAA. It could be done as a follow-up to Tests Have Assertions if you didn’t finish the whole exercise in one session.
What is the most important job of a unit test? Give me your top three ideas (three facts).
An automated test usually has three kinds of code.
Normally in a unit test you only have one of each section, and they come in that order. If you want to check another thing, add a new test case. Don’t just build more act-assert steps onto the same test case.
Write some test cases for some existing code that has well-marked bugs in. For example CalcStats. Be sure to structure your test cases using Arrange - Act - Assert. Write tests that fail because of the bugs, and which pass when you fix the bugs.
Showcase the various tests people have written. Take some screenshots and put them on the shared online whiteboard. Annotate them with what is good about these designs. Highlight what’s good, also mention things that could be improved if you think it’s important.
Can you think of any advantages of structuring your tests this way, with Arrange - Act - Assert? Are there any situations where it wouldn’t be a good idea? When should you use this?