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- Visual Studio 2008 offers developers more testing options
- Unit testing has evolved from a fringe activity to an industry-accepted way to develop software. This change in attitude was aided by the introduction of numerous freely available testing frameworks -- most notably, NUnit. Microsoft's testing options have drawn the ire of the development community for years...
- Tags: Developer, Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, Goal, Microsoft Corp., Framework, Tool, NUnit, xUnit.net, TestDriven.NET, Microsoft Development Tools, .Net, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Tony Patton
- Blog posts 2008-01-29
- Handle exceptions properly in C
- I GUESS I'LL NEVER WRITE SOFTWARE WITH CODEI do not see any of this as software writing.There are certain levels in a computer that do not seem to be affected by virus.Math is one of them.Some Rules on ExceptionsThough the article describes the mechanics of .Net exceptions, it fails to...
- Tags: BALTHOR, software, code, C
- Discussion threads 2007-02-23
- Development methods for the solo developer?
- As a consultant I currently work solo doing both web and database development. I've been reading up on Agile and Extreme Programming, but in these case they appear to emphasize being in a team. Are there any particular developmet methodologies for the individual developer who doesn't have a...
- Tags: agile, AristonITGuy, database, developer, development, extreme programming, individual, Maintainability, Nunit, programming, unit test, web, xp
- Discussion threads 2006-02-23
- Reduce runtime errors in .NET through unit testing
- mail magzinemail magzineBad titleReduce coding errors with unit testing !Nunit is a chap for testing .NetThere's also DUnit for Delphi as well.One thing I would say that tiering/layering makes this much easier to do.Extracting a value from the Cell(C,R) unformatting it and then equivalence checking it against a column of...
- Tags: .NET, Application servers, Reduce
- Discussion threads 2005-09-12
- Reduce runtime errors in .NET through unit testing
- Does testing code rank low on your favorite things to do list? If so, check out Tony Patton's demonstration of how simple it is to effectively unit test your code using NUnit, a unit-testing framework for all .NET languages. Microsoft's submission of the C# language and the CLR...
- Tags: Microsoft .NET, Microsoft Corp., TearDown, Middleware, Tony Patton, .NET, Programming languages, ExpectedException, Unit Testing, Nunit, .NET Newsletter, Unit Test, Method, TechRepublic Inc., Class, Setup, Code, Test, NUnit Class, TestFixture, AreSame, IsFalse, IsNull, IsNotNull, IsTrue, Assert.AreEqual, C#, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software
- Technical articles 2005-07-25
- Reduce runtime errors in .NET through unit testing
- Microsoft's submission of the C# language andthe CLR Common Language Runtime as industry standards has led tomany open source projects based on the .NET platform. One suchnotable project is NUnit, a unit-testing framework for all .NETlanguages. I'll demonstrate the simplicity of using NUnit toeffectively unit test your code. ...
- Tags: ExpectedException, Microsoft .NET, Nunit, TearDown, Tony Patton, Unit Testing
- Technical articles 2005-07-25
- Erik Jacobsen
- blog rootComparing DataSets in Nunit-testsHaving a VB.NET class fetching and saving data from and to a database, I need to set up some Nunit testing.Some methods return a DataSet, some simple values.How do you run Nunit-tests on a database? I've come up with these things to consider:1) Start with an...
- Tags: Storage, Databases, Programming languages, erikjacobsen@..., Ordered, Nunit, database
- Discussion threads 2005-05-19
- Unit test your code with NUnit
- This week's .NET newsletter demonstrates the simplicity of using NUnit to effectively unit test your code. Do you use unit testing so you can find runtime errors on your own without waiting for the QA stage? If so, how much time does it save you to test the code and...
- Tags: Nunit
- Discussion threads 2005-03-15
- Increase your potential by melding the best of open source and .NET development
- Name your tools of choiceIn his book, Open Source .NET Development, published by Addison-Wesley, author Brian Nantz explains how open source programming tools like nAnt, nUnit, and nDoc can be used to enhance development within the .NET Framework.http://techrepublic.com.com/5138-6240-5453286.html[b]Are you using open source tools in your application development? Which ones? Are...
- Tags: Mark W. Kaelin, Microsoft .NET, NAnt, NDoc, Nunit, open source, tool
- Discussion threads 2004-12-06
- NUnit allows effective unit testing with .NET applications
- If you’re developing an application to track your own DVD collection, you can afford to just dive in and start writing code without worrying about the process. However, if you’re writing an application to manage the process of scheduling labor and ordering raw materials to produce DVDs for a consulting...
- Tags: Lark Group, Inc., Microsoft .NET, Nunit, unit test
- Technical articles 2003-01-20
Additional Resources
- NUnit Test Generator (zip)
- Does the quality of your code matter? If it does, then you simply have to try the NUnit Test Generator. The NUnit Test Generator works with NUnit, MbUnit, xUnit, csUnit to make your life easier. It not only creates the stubs for the tests, it extracts the the documentation you've...
- Tags: Microsoft Development Tools, .Net, Programming Languages, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Software downloads 2008-01-04
- NTest (msi)
- An automated unit-testing tool that generates test scenarios automatically with random input values and runs them to test the robustness of your program. NTest allows you to inspect object states and properties within your class modules, and manipulate them with a visual model to analyze code behavior. Also acts as...
- Tags: Incenteus, NTest, Productivity
- Software downloads 2006-03-22
- Free Quick Reference Pack (zip)
- Free Quick Reference Pack for Software Developers in PDF Format. Includes cheat sheets for C#, VB.NET, XHTML, Javascript, NUnit, and ASCII Chart. Single sided pages to easily hang on your cube wall. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: Reference, Xhtml, C#, .Net, Programming Languages, Microsoft Development Tools, Construction, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Software Development, Development Tools
- Software downloads 2007-12-03
- Software Engineering Today - Best Practices & Patterns
- This is the final webcast in the 15 part series ?Modern Software Development in .NET Using Visual Basic?. Developers shouldn?t miss this opportunity to examine the following topics with renowned author Joe Hummel, PhD: Application blocks; Best practices; Design patterns; UML; Testing, testing, testing; Tools ? CVS, Nunit, NMake; Working...
- Tags: Software, Software Engineering, Microsoft Corp., Best Practice, UML, Software Development, Development Tools, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Software/Web Development
- Webcasts
- Unit Test Frameworks: The xUnit Family of Unit Test Frameworks
- Kent Beck published a unit test framework for the Smalltalk language in 1999. The architecture of SmalltalkUnit or SUnit represents a sweet spot, an ideal balance between simplicity and utility. Later, Erich Gamma ported SUnit to Java, creating JUnit. JUnit in turn begat CppUnit, NUnit, PyUnit, XMLUnit, and ports to...
- Tags: Unit Test
- Book chapters 2004-10-27
- SharpDevelop (exe)
- SharpDevelop is a free IDE for C# and VB.NET projects on Microsoft's .NET platform. Its features: forms designer for C# and VB.NET; code completion for C# and VB.NET (including Ctrl+Space support); XML editing; folding; code autoinsert (Alt+Ins); C# to VB.NET converter, as well as VB.NET to C# converter; completely written...
- Tags: Microsoft Visual Basic.Net, IcSharpCode, SharpDevelop, C#, .Net, Programming Languages, Microsoft Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Development Tools
- Software downloads 2006-03-23
- Drawkcab Gnimmargorp: Test-Driven Development With FUTS
- One of the practices of Extreme Programming is Test-Driven Development TDD, also known as Test-First Design. This style of development emphasizes an approach that is backwards to many programmers: writing tests before working code. Interestingly, this approach has found application in both agile methodologies and validation-intensive programming environments. TDD involves...
- Tags: SAS Institute, TDD
- White papers 2006-02-28
- Automate your Visual Studio.NET build process
- This download shows you how to leverage Visual Studio.NET's capabilities to save application development time by creating automated builds. If your developers are doing a thorough job, then doing a build means more than compile-and-run. It's a series of distinct, organized steps that ensure continuity in source...
- Tags: TechRepublic Inc., Application Development, Microsoft Visual Studio.Net, Microsoft Development Tools, .Net, Software Development, Development Tools, Software/Web Development
- Download resources 2005-06-09
- DOWNLOAD: Automate your Visual Studio.NET build process
- http://techrepublic.com.com/5138-3513-5738938.htmlWhat build process do you use for your application development projects? Is automation important to you? [b]Do you have an alternative suggestion for nUnit?[/b]From the author: Levels of automationA point that isn't introduced in this download is that automated build can be implemented at many levels:1. Daily Build. For shops...
- Tags: .net, Automate, developer, download, Mark W. Kaelin, Microsoft Visual Studio.Net, programming, visual studio
- Discussion threads 2005-06-09
- Increase your potential by melding the best of open source and .NET development
- As they gain experience, application developers oftenestablish a preferred procedure, or a standard modus operandi that carries them through the unpredictable projectcycle. This familiar IDE coupled with pet methods make up the security blanketresponsible for producing whatever modicum of comfort a developer feels duringthe inevitable coding crunch. However, that familiarity...
- Tags: application development, Brian Nantz, Mark Kaelin, Microsoft .NET, open source, tool
- Technical articles 2004-12-06
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