About the Cover Illustration

The figure on the cover of Effective Unit Testing is captioned “A Man from Drnis, Dalmatia, Croatia.” The illustration is taken from a reproduction of an album of Croatian traditional costumes from the mid-nineteenth century by Nikola Arsenovic, published by the Ethnographic Museum in Split, Croatia, in 2003. The illustrations were obtained from a helpful librarian at the Ethnographic Museum in Split, itself situated in the Roman core of the medieval center of the town: the ruins of Emperor Diocletian’s retirement palace from around AD 304. The book includes finely colored illustrations of figures from different regions of Croatia, accompanied by descriptions of the costumes and of everyday life.

Drnis is a small town in inland Dalmatia, built on the ruins of an old medieval fortress. The figure on the cover is wearing blue woolen trousers and, over a white linen shirt, a blue woolen vest which is richly trimmed with the colorful embroidery typical for this region. He is carrying a long pipe and a burgundy jacket is slung over his shoulder. A red cap and leather moccasins complete the outfit.