Editing Unit testing (section)

=== Automated testing frameworks ===
An automated testing framework provides features for automating test execution and can accelerate writing and running tests. Frameworks have been developed for [[list of unit testing frameworks|a wide variety of programming languages]].

Generally, frameworks are [[Third-party software component|third-party]]; not distributed with a compiler or [[integrated development environment]] (IDE). 

Tests can be written without using a framework to exercise the code under test using [[Assertion (software development)|assertions]], [[exception handling]], and other [[control flow]] mechanisms to verify behavior and report failure. Some note that testing without a framework is valuable since there is a [[barrier to entry]] for the adoption of a framework; that having some tests is better than none, but once a framework is in place, adding tests can be easier.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bullseye.com/coverage.html|access-date=24 March 2009|title=Intermediate Coverage Goals|author=Bullseye Testing Technology|date=2006–2008}}</ref>

In some frameworks advanced test features are missing and must be hand-coded.