Avoid common test smells
Many common smells have catchy names - learn them so you can recognise and avoid them.
- MD5Sum test - Test that largely duplicates the code's logic within the test
- Mystery Guest - Test that pulls in some external component - e.g a database either directly or indirectly via global state
- Loudmouth - Test clutters the console with debug messages
- General Fixture - Fixture (i.e setup data) that is too large with individual tests using only part of it
- Verbose Test - A long (in terms of LOC) test
- Eager Test - A test that is verifying too much
- Obscure Test - A test that cannot be understood at a glance
- Irrelevant Information - A test that exposes lots of irrelevant details