搞清楚一下测试的术语，是很好的。
至少，了解别人的主要工作及时间花费，
还有从工程系统方面了解其重要性和必要性。
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/520064/what-is-unit-test-integration-test-smoke-test-regression-test
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Unit test: Specify and test one point of the contract of single method of a class. This should have a very narrow and well defined scope. Complex dependencies and interactions to the outside world are stubbed or mocked.
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Integration test: Test the correct inter-operation of multiple subsystems. There is whole spectrum there, from testing integration between two classes, to testing integration with the production environment.
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Smoke test (aka Sanity check): A simple integration test where we just check that when the system under test is invoked it returns normally and does not blow up. It is an analogy with electronics, where the first test occurs when powering up a circuit: if it smokes, it's bad.
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Regression test: A test that was written when a bug was fixed. It ensure that this specific bug will not occur again. The full name is "non-regression test". It can also be a test made prior to changing an application to make sure the application provides the same outcome.
To this, I will add:
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Acceptance test: Test that a feature or use case is correctly implemented. It is similar to an integration test, but with a focus on the use case to provide rather than on the components involved.
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System test: Test that tests a system as a black box. Dependencies on other systems are often mocked or stubbed during the test (otherwise it would be more of an integration test).
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Pre-flight check: Tests that are repeated in a production-like environment, to alleviate the 'builds on my machine' syndrome. Often this is realized by doing an acceptance or smoke test in a production like environment
PS: People claim smoke testing comes from plumbing where smoke is pumped in the system of pipes before it's connected to the water supply. If any smoke comes out, the pipes are not properly sealed. It might be more historically accurate, but I find it is less funny.
