Erlang in Practice Episode 5: Unit Testing with EUnit

Testing is the cornerstone of writing software that works. In this episode, we’ll take a break from the chat system and focus on how to do test-driven development in Erlang using the EUnit testing framework. You’ll learn how to:

• get started with EUnit
• write test specifications with EUnit macros
• use EUnit test generators to add flexibility to unit tests
• set up and tear down test environments, such as server processes
• run multiple tests in batch with a test suite
• write code in a test-first style