This course introduces best practices around testing, looking at unit and system tests, introducing mocking frameworks and property based testing.

EXPERTISE

Intermediate

COURSE DURATION

1 day

TARGET AUDIENCE

Elixir and Erlang developers who want to write better code

PREREQUISITES

Basic understanding of Erlang and Elixir program structures, OTP applications and releases. They should be able to write basic Erlang or Elixir programs.

OBJECTIVES

Have an understanding of different testing approaches and techniques, and when to use them

Know how to use the most commonly used frameworks and tools

Understand the principles behind property based testing

COURSE OUTLINE

• Introduction - An introduction to different testing techniques. Unit Testing, System Testing, Continuous Integration, Capacity Planning and other testing Techniques
• Unit Testing - Introduces Unit testing, code coverage tools, focusing on eunit.
• Mocking Frameworks - We explain why they are needed, and introduce meck.
• Property-Based Testing - Introduction to PropEr, and property-based testing in general.
• Common Test - An introduction to how the system testing and verification with Common Test works.
• Load - Looks at load testing, back pressure and load regulation. How should systems be load tested, what should you be looking out for, and what do you need to do to stop them from breaking.

ABOUT THE TRAINER

Piotr Nosek

Software Architect at Erlang Solutions

Erlang has been Piotr's the first and only love in the professional life for 9 years already.

His specialisations are XMPP and mobile communication and he is an experienced member of MongooseIM server team. He enjoys daily standup candies, looting legendary weapons and annoying peer developers with code reviews.