.NET Training Overview
An emerging software engineering paradigm is test-driven development, where tests are written early and testing is performed continuously during the development process. Problems are discovered early and corrected when they are found. This one-day course for developers explains the methodology of test-driven development and the use of NUnit in supporting test-driven development on Microsoft .NET. It is current to .NET 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008.
The course is practical, with many example programs and tests written in Visual Basic, including a cumulative case study. The goal is to quickly bring you up to speed in using NUnit in your .NET development projects. The student will receive a comprehensive set of materials, including course notes and all the programming examples.
.NET Training Learning objectives
- Understand the principles of test-driven development
- Acquire fluency in developing tests using the NUnit framework
- Efficiently exercise tests suites using both GUI and command-line tools
.NET Training Prerequisites
The student should have a basic knowledge of the .NET Framework and experience programming in Visual Basic with Visual Studio.
.NET Training Course duration
1 day.
.NET Training Course outline
1. Test-Driven Development |
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What Is Test-Driven Development (TDD)?
Functional Tests / Customer Tests
Unit Tests / Programmer Tests
Test Automation
Simple Design
Refactoring
An NUnit Test Drive
TDD with Legacy Code
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2. NUnit Fundamentals |
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Structure of Unit Tests
NUnit Framework
Assertions
Test Cases
Test Fixtures
Test Runners
Ignoring Tests
Setup and TearDown
Test Fixture Setup and TearDown
NUnit GUI Tool
NUnit with Visual Studio
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3. More about NUnit |
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Exceptions
Debugging NUnit Tests
Custom Asserts
Categories
NUnit Console Tool
Refactoring
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Appendix A. Learning Resources |
System Requirements
Course exercises require NUnit 2.5.2, Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, and a Windows operating system, XP or more recent. See the appropriate course Setup Guide for details.
A good minimal hardware profile for this course would have a Pentium 1 GHz or equivalent CPU, 512 MB of RAM, and at least 4 GB of free disk space for tools installation and courseware.
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