Part 1 Foundations

Chapter 1 The promise of good tests: State of the union: writing better tests; The value of having tests; Tests as a design tool; Summary
Chapter 2 In search of good: Readable code is maintainable code; Structure helps make sense of things; It’s not good if it’s testing the wrong things; Independent tests run easily in solitude; Reliable tests are reliable; Every trade has its tools and tests are no exception; Summary
Chapter 3 Test doubles: The power of a test double; Types of test doubles; Guidelines for using test doubles; Summary

Part 2 Catalog

Chapter 4 Readability: Primitive assertions; Hyperassertions; Bitwise assertions; Incidental details; Split personality; Split logic; Magic numbers; Setup sermon; Overprotective tests; Summary
Chapter 5 Maintainability: Duplication; Conditional logic; Flaky test; Crippling file path; Persistent temp files; Sleeping snail; Pixel perfection; Parameterized mess; Lack of cohesion in methods; Summary 113
Chapter 6 Trustworthiness: Commented-out tests; Misleading comments; Never-failing tests; Shallow promises; Lowered expectations; Platform prejudice; Conditional tests; Summary

Chapter 7 Testable design: What’s testable design?; Testability issues; Guidelines for testable design; Summary
Chapter 8 Writing tests in other JVM languages: The premise of mixing JVM languages; Writing unit tests with Groovy; Expressive power with BDD tools; Summary
Chapter 9 Speeding up test execution: Looking for a speed-up; Speeding up test code; Speeding up the build; Summary