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+aliases: unit-tests
+topic: unit-testing
+display_name: Unit testing
+short_description: Unit testing is a type of software testing that focusses on testing small units instead of whole processes.
+related: testing, integration-testing, tdd, test-automation, e2e-tests, contract-testing, ui-testing, acceptance-testing, api-testing, junit
+created_by: Kent Beck, Erich Gamma
+released: 1997
+wikipedia_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_testing
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+**Unit testing** is a type of software testing that focusses on testing small units (usually the lowest common denominator) instead of whole processes. This makes more tests necessary but their successful executing makes pinpointing actual successful code easier.