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Best prompts for Copilot to write unit tests

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Looking for concise prompt templates that consistently produce deterministic, maintainable unit tests for edge cases and error paths.

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Use these concise Copilot prompts to generate deterministic, maintainable unit tests covering edge cases and errors:

1) 'Generate table-driven tests for (language). Include normal, boundary, null/empty, and invalid inputs. Mock external calls; assert specific error types/messages and side effects.'

2) 'Write tests targeting error paths: simulate timeouts, dependency failures, bad input, and permission denials. Use deterministic mocks/fakes and assert exact error values.'

3) 'Produce tests with clear Arrange/Act/Assert, helper builders, descriptive names, and comments explaining each edge case.'

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