Unit Testing a Server Configuration
Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 7:33 am
It suddenly occurred to me last night after work that writing some unit tests for the server configuration would be a really good idea. I've recently had a freelancer configure our dedicated server and I noticed there were some bugs with some of the scripts he wrote and a couple of other things weren't quite correct.
Perhaps writing unit tests is a good idea. This way I can be more certain that everything is working, the tests can be executed every time I change something. In short unit tests could catch pretty serious problems very early. Its such a good idea I was amazed that a google search revealed nothing of interest.
Has anyone ever done this?
Do you think it is worth doing?
Are there any toolkits for doing such things?
Perhaps writing unit tests is a good idea. This way I can be more certain that everything is working, the tests can be executed every time I change something. In short unit tests could catch pretty serious problems very early. Its such a good idea I was amazed that a google search revealed nothing of interest.
Has anyone ever done this?
Do you think it is worth doing?
Are there any toolkits for doing such things?