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C# Unit Testing with xUnit

  • Number of Courses7 courses
  • Duration13 hours
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Unit testing has become standard practice for today's software developers and xUnit is one of the most popular unit testing frameworks available for .NET. The goal of this learning path is to help you understand how to write clean, testable code, all the way from writing your first test to mocking out dependencies to developing a pragmatic suite of unit tests for your application.

Courses in this path

Beginner

The courses in this section will help you master the basics of writing unit tests. First, you will learn how to use xUnit, one of the most popular unit testing frameworks used in .NET. Then you will learn how to use Moq, a mocking framework which allows you to replace dependencies in your code when you write tests. Mastering these two frameworks will help you create unit tests for a wide-ranging set of scenarios you encounter when writing code.

Testing .NET Code with xUnit.net 2: Getting Started

  • by Jason Roberts
  • 2h 14m Duration
  •  (291)

Mocking with Moq 4 and xUnit

  • by Jason Roberts
  • 2h 15m Duration
  •  (187)

Creating Maintainable Contexts for Automated Testing

  • by Mel Grubb
  • 1h 26m Duration
  •  (115)

Intermediate

After you have mastered the basics, the courses in this section will help you write better unit tests. You will learn how to write code that is more testable from the start and by doing so, improving the overall design of your code. Then you will learn how to go from writing individual unit tests to building a whole suite of tests for your application in a thoughtful, pragmatic way.

Test Driven Development in C# 8

  • by Thomas Claudius Huber
  • 2h 26m Duration
  •  (250)

Writing Testable Code

  • by Matthew Renze
  • 2h 2m Duration
  •  (379)

Advanced

There are a number of open source libraries that can help you write more readable, maintainable unit tests, and the courses in this section are designed to introduce you to the most useful of these libraries. A short investment of time in watching these courses will save you lots of time later as you learn about the advanced capabilities these libraries add to your unit testing toolkit.

.NET Unit Testing with AutoFixture 4

  • by Jason Roberts
  • 1h 59m Duration
  •  (96)

Improving Unit Tests with Fluent Assertions 5

  • by Jason Roberts
  • 40m Duration
  •  (113)

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Jason Roberts
Jason Roberts
With over 15 years of experience in both frontend and backend software development, Jason Roberts is a freelance developer, trainer, and author. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in computing, is the author of several books, and writes at his blog DontCodeTired.com. Jason is an open source contributor and in addition to enterprise software development, he has designed and developed Windows Store and Windows Phone apps.
Mel Grubb
Mel Grubb
Mel Grubb has been a professional software developer since 1995, working with .Net since version 1.0. Before that, he was a hobbyist since receiving his first computer, a TI-99/4a in 1982, and heavily modifying it over the course of several years. He's a software developer in central Ohio, concentrating on C# and ASP.Net MVC solutions with a focus on simplicity, testability, and overall coding craftsmanship.
Thomas Claudius Huber
Thomas Claudius Huber
Thomas is a Microsoft MVP for Windows Development. He works as a developer, consultant, and trainer in the fields of .NET, C#, TypeScript, XAML, and Azure. Thomas is a well-known speaker and book author. He has written several special interest books in his areas, including an extensive handbook for Windows Presentation Foundation and a handbook on development with TypeScript. Thomas lives in Germany's Black Forest with his wife and their three daughters. In his spare time, he plays football and ... more
Matthew Renze
Matthew Renze
Matthew Renze is an AI researcher, consultant, and author. As the founder of Renze Consulting, he has trained over 500,000 software developers and IT professionals. As the president of the Renze AI Research Institute, he researches cognitive architectures for agentic AI systems. Matthew has a Master's degree in Artificial Intelligence from Johns Hopkins University. He is a Microsoft MVP in AI, a Microsoft Regional Director, and an author for Pluralsight. You can learn more at https://matthewrenz... more

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