If you’ve been reading my blog you may have noticed that I’m not above self advertisement and this post is no different. At Typemock we’ve started a series of webcasts called “this week in test”, as you might have guessed we post a new episode each week. This is the place where two guys talk … Continue reading This Week In Test Webcast
Tag: Unit tests
.NET unit testing essentials – Integrated test Runners
Unit testing success is determined by several factors: the project, team commitment and the tools used. Having a unit testing framework is a must, having an easy way to run your tests is just as important. Although every single unit testing framework in the market has way to run tests from a console and a … Continue reading .NET unit testing essentials – Integrated test Runners
Unit testing as a team sport
Unit testing your code is easy – all you need is to write simple test code and run it from time to time to check if your code misbehaves. But there is more to successfully using unit tests then just write these tests, in fact I saw quite a few talented developers get frustrated and … Continue reading Unit testing as a team sport
Webinar – Successful unit testing from day one
Writing unit tests can be harder then it seems, during my work at Typemock I’ve encountered developers that were frustrated and discouraged because TDD and unit testing didn’t seem to work for them. That is why we’ve decided to host a webinar about how to start unit testing your code. I will be co-hosting this … Continue reading Webinar – Successful unit testing from day one
Checking expected exception message when using MS Test
In Typemock we use both NUnit and MSTest to run our unit tests. This practice enables us to check that Isolator works fine on both unit testing framework. Most of NUnit attributes can be translated fully into MSTest attributes (and vise-versa) there is one attribute we tend to use that works differently in MSTest - … Continue reading Checking expected exception message when using MS Test
Unit tests vs. Integration tests
There's a hot discussion going on between myself and Ayende (Oren Eini) about the different between unit tests and integration tests specifically on how much harder writing unit test is. It all started when I commented on a post Oren wrote: Unit tests vs. Integration tests in a post of my own (at my company's … Continue reading Unit tests vs. Integration tests
Virtual Tech-Days recordings available
Microsoft Tech-Days recordings are available for viewing and download on the Tech-Days site. So if you’ve missed the my session on TDD & Mock objects it is available for download (or Online viewing). The session I gave on TDD and Mock objects is available here. The presentation (.pptx) Code examples from the session – you … Continue reading Virtual Tech-Days recordings available
Test Reviews at ISerializable
It’s hard to start TDD and using Unit Test without a good mentor. Although writing unit tests seems simple I know I learnt a lot by having my unit tests reviewed by a seasoned TDD’er. When such a person doesn’t exist at the place of work a developer need to extend his search in order … Continue reading Test Reviews at ISerializable
Presentation from .NET Software Architects User Group
Yesterday I co-delivered a lecture about Unit testing titled "How to benefit from unit testing in the real world" at the monthly gathering of the .NET Software Architects User Group. I'd like to thank Doron that presented the 2nd part of our lecture and give thank to an esteemed member of our development team - … Continue reading Presentation from .NET Software Architects User Group
TestDriven.NET 2.19 Released
There are some development tools that after a while I can’t understand how could I work without them. One of those tools that I’ve been using since I’ve staed software development in C#/VB is TestDriven.NET. For those of you that never heard of TestDriven it brings integration of several 3rd party tools to Visual Studio, … Continue reading TestDriven.NET 2.19 Released
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