what are the differences between a Unit testing and Integration testing?

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Published on 2010-05-10T09:34:20Z Indexed on 2010/05/10 9:44 UTC
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I would like to get to know what other developers think related to unit/integration testing. As far as i know, unit testing is your test code that tests your original code. integration testing are those that tests the overall system.

whats your opinion this?

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