SUnit is a

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framework for the

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. It is the original source of the

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. SUnit allows writing tests and checking results in Smalltalk.

History

SUnit was originally described by Beck in
Simple Smalltalk Testing: With Patterns
(1989), then published as chapter 30 "Simple Smalltalk Testing", in the book Kent Beck's Guide to Better Smalltalk by Kent Beck, Donald G. Firesmith (Editor) (Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Pub. Date: December 1998, , 408pp)

External links

* @ Camp Smalltalk
SUnit @ Ward Cunningham's Wiki
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