---
title: "How to do test reviews"
url: "https://osherove.com/videos/2011/2/6/how-to-do-test-reviews.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/videos/2011/2/6/how-to-do-test-reviews.html"
published: "2011-02-06T13:38:40"
updated: "2011-02-06T13:38:40"
tags: ["Oredev", "TDD", "Unit Testing", "reviews"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "Last year I did a talk at Oredev, showing examples of how I go over various pieces of open source projects, and what I look for when I review other people’s unit tests. The full video is here ."
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
---

# How to do test reviews

By Roy Osherove February 6, 2011 In [Oredev](https://osherove.com/videos/category/oredev), [TDD](https://osherove.com/videos/category/tdd), [Unit Testing](https://osherove.com/videos/category/unit-testing)

**Historical article** · Originally published February 6, 2011; technical details may be outdated.

Last year I did a talk at Oredev, showing examples of how I go over various pieces of open source projects, and what I look for when I review other people’s unit tests.

[The full video is here](http://oredev.org/2010/sessions/how-to-do-test-reviews).

- [#reviews](https://osherove.com/videos/tag/reviews)

## Lessons on this topic

- [NerdDinner Test Review](https://courses.osherove.com/courses/the-art-of-unit-testing-and-tdd-master-class-in-net/nerddinner-test-review/) · The Art of Unit Testing & TDD Master Class in .NET
- [Test Driving a String Calculator](https://courses.osherove.com/courses/the-art-of-unit-testing-and-tdd-master-class-in-net/test-driving-a-string-calculator/) · The Art of Unit Testing & TDD Master Class in .NET
- [Test Review Practices](https://courses.osherove.com/courses/the-art-of-unit-testing-and-tdd-master-class-in-net/test-review-practices/) · The Art of Unit Testing & TDD Master Class in .NET
- [Unit Testing And TDD 101](https://courses.osherove.com/courses/the-art-of-unit-testing-and-tdd-master-class-in-net/unit-testing-and-tdd-101/) · The Art of Unit Testing & TDD Master Class in .NET
- [Day 2 Summary](https://courses.osherove.com/courses/tdd-in-net-in-hebrew/day-2-summary/) · TDD in .NET in Hebrew

## More in Oredev

[All posts in Oredev](https://osherove.com/videos/category/oredev)

- Dec 7, 2010

    ### [Let's Play TDD with James Shore](https://osherove.com/videos/2010/12/7/lets-play-tdd-with-james-shore.html)

- Nov 24, 2010

    ### [20 tools and tips that make me a better developer](https://osherove.com/videos/2010/11/24/20-tools-and-tips-that-make-me-a-better-developer.html)


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## About the author

**Roy Osherove**: Senior Solutions Architect at AWS working on AI for production and AI-driven development; author of The Art of Unit Testing and Elastic Leadership, with about 20 years of consulting and training on unit testing, TDD, team leadership and continuous delivery.

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- [RobotPaper](https://robotpaper.ai/): This blog: AI patterns and anti-patterns, AI and coding agents, and engineering leadership.
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- [The Art of Unit Testing](https://www.artofunittesting.com): The Art of Unit Testing, 3rd Edition (Manning): readable, maintainable, trustworthy unit tests, plus TDD workshops in C#, JavaScript, Java and Kotlin.
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