World of .NET

Below are the show notes for the World of .NET podcast #2:

TECHNICAL SEGMENT (Unit Testing)

Unit Testing Frameworks

• NUnit
• MSTest
• MbUnit
• xUnit.net

NUnit Test Runner Clients

• GUI Runner (NUnit)
• TestDriven.NET - Visual Studio Add-In
• ReSharper Test Runner – Visual Studio Add-In

Most used NUnit Attributes:
TestFixture
This is the attribute that marks a class that contains tests and, optionally, setup or teardown methods.

TestFixtureSetUp
This attribute is used inside a TestFixture to provide a single set of functions that are performed once prior to executing any of the tests in the fixture. A TestFixture can have only one TestFixtureSetUp method. If more than one is defined the TestFixture will compile successfully but its tests will not run.

TestFixtureTearDown
This attribute is used inside a TestFixture to provide a single set of functions that are performed once after all tests are completed. A TestFixture can have only one TestFixtureTearDown method. If more than one is defined the TestFixture will compile successfully but its tests will not run.

Test
The Test attribute marks a specific method inside a class that has already been marked as a TestFixture, as a test method. For backwards compatibility with previous versions of Nunit a test method will also be found if the first 4 letters are "test" regardless of case.


Sometimes used NUnit Attributes:
Setup
This attribute is used inside a TestFixture to provide a common set of functions that are performed just BEFORE EACH TEST METHOD IS CALLED. A TestFixture can have only one SetUp method. If more than one is defined the TestFixture will compile successfully, but its tests will not run.

TearDown
This attribute is used inside a TestFixture to provide a common set of functions that are performed after each test method is run. A TestFixture can have only one TearDown method. If more than one is defined the TestFixture will compile successfully, but its tests will not run.

Ignore
The ignore attribute is an attribute to not run a test or test fixture for a period of time. The person marks either a Test or a TestFixture with the Ignore Attribute. The running program sees the attribute and does not run the test or tests.


Most used NUnit Assertions:
 Equality Asserts
   - Assert.AreEqual(expected, actual, {string message});

 Conditional Asserts
   - Assert.IsTrue(condition, {string message});
   - Assert.IsNotNull(object, {string message});


Free Chapter from the book (The art of Unit Testing by Roy Osherove)
Chapter 1 – The basics of unit testing

TOOL TIP (Araxis)

Araxis

DEVELOPER TIP (Using MS Test with just a few Using Statements)

Using MS Test with just a few Using Statements

SUGGESTED READING (Head First Design Patterns)

Head First Design Patterns book at Amazon (4 1/2 stars)
C# codebase for the Head First Design Patterns book

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Below are the show notes for the first World of .NET podcast:

TECHNICAL SEGMENT (CSLA)

CSLA Framework Home
CSLA Framework Download
CSLA Books

TOOL TIP (ReSharper)

ReSharper Download
ReSharper Documents and Demos
ReShaper Book (Power Programming with ReSharper)

DEVELOPER TIP (Using C# 3.0 (.Net 3.5) syntax in a .Net 2.0 application)

Using C# 3.0 syntax in a .NET 2.0 apps article

SUGGESTED READING (Domain Driven Design)

Domain Driven Design book at Amazon (4 1/2 stars)

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