Creating a run/debug configuration for the test

In general, IntelliJ IDEA runs and debugs tests in the same way as every other application. The run/debug configuration setup is almost identical to the one we described in Chapter 5, Make It Happen – Running Your Project. When the run/debug configuration is created, IntelliJ IDEA passes the individual test classes or methods to the test runner.

The run/debug configuration can be shaped in a number of ways. The first method is to pick the Edit Configurations… option from the run configuration's drop-down menu, as shown in the following screenshot:

Creating a run/debug configuration for the test

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