Unit Testing without Assertions

Question

Occasionally I come accross a unit test that doesn\'t Assert anything. The particular example I came across this morning was testing that a log file got written to when a co

Answer 1

It's simply a very minimal test, and should be documented as such. It only verifies that it doesn't explode when run. The worst part about tests like this is that they present a false sense of security. Your code coverage will go up, but it's illusory. Very bad odor.