Is unit testing private methods a good practice?

Question

I am wondering if unit testing private methods is a good practice?

Normally only public interface should be tested.

However, I have found out that during com

Answer 1

IMHO it's a very good idea, I do it all the times. I usually create a helper class which makes the private methods accessable and test it..

Usually it's even easier to test private methods, since they do something very specific. On the other hand you might have a big public method which is a bit harder to test. So it certainly simplifies unit tests.