Pragmatic Unit Testing in C# with NUnit 2e - Softcover

Hunt, Andy; Thomas, Dave; Hargett, Matt

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0977616673 ISBN 13: 9780977616671

Publisher: O′Reilly, 2007

Synopsis

The NIST estimates that poor testing costs the US economy $60 billion annually. This book gives teams straightforward and proven ways to introduce unit testing into their process, resulting in higher quality and fewer bugs.

All over the world, software teams are using unit testing both to verify their code and as a way of helping them design better code. This book is unique in the way it covers two aspects: showing developers both how to test and helping them determine what to test.

New in the second edition:

• Updated for NUnit 2.4 (.NET 2.0 and Visual Studio 2005)
• More assert methods
• New String and Collection assertion support
• Better support for multiple-platform development
• Higher-level setup and teardown fixtures
• Whole new chapter on extending NUnit
• and more!

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Review

""Using the approaches described by Dave and Andy you can reduce greatly the number of defects you put into your code. The result will be faster development of better programs. Try these techniques""--Ron Jeffries, www.XProgramming.com ""Andy and Dave have created an excellent, practical and (of course) very pragmatic guide to unit-testing, illustrated with plenty of examples using the latest version of NUnit.""--Charlie Poole, NUnit framework developer ""The Pragmatic Programmers have done it again with this highly useful guide. Aimed directly at C# programmers using the most popular unit-testing package for the language, it goes beyond the basics to show what you should test and how you should test it. Recommended for all .NET developers.""--Mike Gunderloy, Contributing Editor, ADT Magazine

From the Publisher

Pragmatic programmers use feedback to drive their development and personal processes. The most valuable feedback you can get while coding comes from unit testing.

Without good tests in place, coding can become a frustrating game of "whack-a-mole." That's the carnival game where the player strikes at a mechanical mole; it retreats and another mole pops up on the opposite side of the field. The moles pop up and down so fast that you end up flailing your mallet helplessly as the moles continue to pop up where you least expect them.

You don't test a bridge by driving a single car over it right down the middle lane on a clear, calm day. Yet many programmers approach testing that same way --- one pass right down the middle and they call it "tested." Pragmatic programmers can do better than that!

Real unit testing will make your life easier. It will make your designs better and drastically reduce the amount of time you spend debugging.

Edition details

• Publisher: O′Reilly
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0977616673
• ISBN 13: 9780977616671
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 240