Chapter 2. Tools and Testing

We started looking at the framework in the previous chapter and in this chapter we are going to look at some tools that we can not only use in the development of our applications, but in the design and testing of them as well.

No matter how good a framework is in terms of the features it offers, it isn't any good without proper tools to go along with it to write the next great app. Further, you also need good testing tools to test the application you created using this framework. Nobody, no matter how much of a rock star they may be, can write perfect code the first time. Unless of course you're John Carmack—we're convinced that the code that man needs is just willed into existence by his mind, and it's perfect the first time, every time.

Having said that, shall we begin our journey to explore some tools that we can use for our development and testing?