The definition of a Unit Test

A Test is not a Unit Test if:

  • It talks to the database
  • It communicates across a network
  • It touches the filesystem
  • It can’t run the same time as any of your other unit tests
  • You have to do special things to your environment to run it (e.g. editing config files)
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