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Exercise: Catch and report setUp errors

To gain a better understanding of the context, begin by reading the contents of the xUnit/ch18 directory, where you will find the relevant code and tests that illustrate the concepts discussed in this chapter. It is possible to find all the source code of this exercise here. Exercise: Catch and report setUp errors Implement the task: Catch and report setUp errors. There is a subtlety hidden inside this method.

Tuesday, May 20, 2025 | 6 minutes Read

Exercise: Create TestSuite from a TestCase class

To gain a better understanding of the context, begin by reading the contents of the xUnit/ch18 directory, where you will find the relevant code and tests that illustrate the concepts discussed in this chapter. It is possible to find all the source code of this exercise here. Exercise: The last task to complete is creating a Create TestSuite from a TestCase class — that is, constructing a suite automatically from a test class.

Tuesday, May 20, 2025 | 4 minutes Read

Exercise: Invoke tearDown even if the test method fails

To gain a better understanding of the context, begin by reading the contents of the xUnit/ch18 directory, where you will find the relevant code and tests that illustrate the concepts discussed in this chapter. It is possible to find all the source code of this exercise here. Exercise: Invoke tearDown even if the test method fails Implement the task Invoke tearDown even if the test method fails. Step 0: Remove setUp OK prints After some usage I convinced myself that the (setUp: OK) is not necessary.

Tuesday, May 20, 2025 | 2 minutes Read

TDD by example

The Joy of Reading In recent months, I’ve discovered the joy of reading. I started with books far from the world of software development topic, but eventually, I landed on this vast and fascinating topic. Even though I have a Master’s degree in Computer Science and some experience in coding, only now have I found these books and realized the enormous value and knowledge they contain. Better late than never!

Tuesday, May 20, 2025 | 4 minutes Read

Exploring Hidden Vulnerabilities in Legacy Docker Versions: Lessons from CVE-2024–21626

The content of this article is for educational and research use only. The information provided must not be implemented in a real-world environment, and no responsibility is assumed for any consequences resulting from its application in a real-world scenarios. You are responsible for any risks arising from any behavior not related to the above scope. 1. Introduction 1.1 Why this article? During my analysis about CVE-2024–21626 I discovered some interesting thing in old legacy runc components (that is not mentioned in the security advisory GHSA-xr7r-f8xq-vfvv).

Friday, November 8, 2024 | 5 minutes Read

Playing with Unicorn framework [1]

The main purposes of this article it is to learn what is unicorn engine, how to install it and understand the main features. Recall general CPU architecture basic concepts and how memory is used and organized by the operating system when a program is running. How to setup a project starting from a skeleton and in the end real examples to understand APIs and different scenarios where it is possible to use the unicorn engine.

Friday, June 21, 2024 | 13 minutes Read

Playing with CVE-2024-21626

The content of this article is for educational and research use only. The information provided must not be implemented in a real-world environment, and no responsibility is assumed for any consequences resulting from its application in a real-world scenarios. You are responsible for any risks arising from any behavior not related to the above scope. Related Article While investigating CVE-2024–21626, I discovered an overlooked vulnerability in older versions of Docker and runC.

Friday, May 17, 2024 | 17 minutes Read