4min chapter

The Agile Embedded Podcast cover image

TDD for UI

The Agile Embedded Podcast

CHAPTER

How to Test Your GUI Framework for High Confidence

If you don't trust your GUI framework, then that is a separate problem. If you want to have high confidence that someone pushing that button produces that event, that is not unit testable. That can be testable in other ways, either manual testing, which is done rarely because it's expensive and painful. Or it's done, you build invest in some automated hardware in the loop setup. So long story short, this is one of the things that I would actually say don't, don't test it. Like, don't Test Your UI Framework! Just throw the whole thing out. What are you doing? You will never get around that if you write code that uses the direct

00:00

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode