Test First Development - Part 1
Test first development techniques and practices with C#, Visual Studio, and NUnit
What you'll learn
This course introduces a test-first development style to build better software. We’ll discuss the value of unit testing and demonstrate the red-green-refactor workflow in the design and implementation of business requirements. Using tools like NUnit and JetBrains Resharper we’ll also demonstrate tips and practices for refactoring, and writing effective unit tests. This course is appropriate for developers new to the practice of writing unit tests.
Table of contents
- Introduction 1m
- Developer Testing 1m
- Demo: Ye Old Way Developer's Tested 3m
- Benefits 2m
- Unit Testing Defined 1m
- Testing New and Existing Code 1m
- Unit Testing Frameworks 2m
- How Unit Testing Frameworks Work 2m
- Demo: Running Unit Tests 1m
- Some .NET Unit Test Runners 1m
- Test First Development 2m
- Test-Driven Development 2m
- Demo: Test-First Development 2m
- More Test First Practices 2m
- Final Thoughts and Summary 2m
- Introduction 7m
- Test Project Organization 4m
- Unit vs. Integration Test 2m
- Demo: Organization and Test Setup 9m
- xUnit Organizational Model 2m
- Unit Test Lifecycle 2m
- Demo: TestFixture and Categories 7m
- Demo: Testing the Sad Path 7m
- Demo: Asserting Yourself 3m
- Demo: Final Project Organization 2m
- Summary 2m
- Introduction 2m
- Faking Out the SUT Code 2m
- Test Doubles 0m
- Dummies 2m
- Stubs 1m
- Fakes 1m
- Spies 1m
- Mocks 2m
- Introducing the Application 3m
- Code Organization 2m
- Demo: Adding the Edit Owner View 3m
- Demo: First Test Double 1m
- Demo: The Need for a Stub 1m
- Demo: Stub and Spy 3m
- Demo: Using a Mock 7m
- Summary 2m
About the authors
David Starr has worked in technology leadership positions for over 20 years. He specializes in agile software development practices, patterns and practices, and judicious application of various technologies within development teams. He works to improve the profession of software development as an author, trainer, and Azure architect. He is a 5 time Microsoft MVP in Visual Studio and a technical instructor with Pluralsight where he focuses on the software development practices and developer tool... more
Scott has worked on everything from 8-bit embedded devices to large scale web sites during his 15+ years in commercial software development. Since 2001, Scott has focused on server-side and web technologies, like ASP.NET, ASP.NET AJAX, Windows Workflow, Silverlight, and LINQ. Scott is also a speaker at national conferences like VSLive!, as well as code camps and user groups near his hometown of Hagerstown, MD. Scott has been recognized as a Microsoft MVP since 2005, and has written or co-... more