Pragmatic Unit Testing in C# with Nunit

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Pragmatic Programmers

The Pragmatic Programmers, 2004, Paperback

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Learn how to improve your C# coding skills using unit testing. Despite it's name, unit testing is really a coding technique, not a testing technique. Unit testing is done by programmers, for programmers. It's primarily for our benefit: we get improved confidence in our code, better ability to make deadlines, less time spent in the debugger, and less time beating on the code to make it work correctly. This book shows how to write tests, but more importantly, it goes where other books fear to tread and gives you concrete advice and examples of what to test — the common things that go wrong in all of our programs. Discover the tricky hiding places where bugs breed, and how to catch them using the freely available NUnit framework. It's easy to learn how to think of all the things in your code that are likely to break. We'll show you how with helpful mnemonics, summarized in a handy tip sheet (also available from our www.pragmaticprogrammer.com website). With this book you will:

Write better code, and take less time to write it
Discover the tricky places where bugs breed
Learn how to think of all the things that could go wrong
Test individual pieces of code without having to include the whole project
Test effectively with the whole team

We'll also cover how to use Mock Objects for testing, how to write high quality test code, and how to use unit testing to improve your design skills. We'll show you frequent "gotchas" — along with the fixes — to save you time when problems come up. But the best part is that you don't need a sweeping mandate to change your whole team or your whole company. You don't need to adopt Extreme Programming, or Test-Driven Development, or change your development process in order to reap the proven benefits of unit testing. You can start unit testing, the pragmatic way, right away.

Product Details

Title: Pragmatic Unit Testing in C# with Nunit (Pragmatic Programmers)
Sales Rank: 716900 in Books
Author: Andy Hunt, Dave Thomas
Publisher: The Pragmatic Programmers, 1st edition, 2004-05, Paperback, 176 pages, ISBN: 0974514020
Package Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.5 x 0.6 inches, 0.8 pounds

Customer Reviews

Good, but missing critical elements: This is a decent getting started book, but it doesn't give good coverage of things such as NUnit projects or using app.config files with NUnit.
Unfortunately, this book isn't good as a stand-alone. I'll admit that it did help me get started, but it lacks so much that I can't give it more stars. A second volume that covers more advanced topics is suggested, or the… More reviews

Over-extended and over-rated.: I have to respectfully disagree with all the fawning reviews. It's a chatty, drawn out, tedious read, something of an accomplishment given the fact that it's only ~200 pages long. Frankly, anything more then something like the O'Reilly Pocket Reference is overkill on this subject. NUnit is a snap to use and the freely available documentation and tutorials are more… More reviews

A Book Full of Practical Advice on Unit Testing: The book is packed with practical advice on unit testing. Why should you do unit testing, what do you need to know to write good tests, how do you know if you're writing good tests, how can unit tests not only improve your code, but also your design, can unit tests doom a project (if not done right) ---… More reviews

Great introduction to writing unit test in C#: This is a great introduction to writing unit tests in C# with NUnit. The authors do a good job of explaining why unit tests should be created, how having unit tests are better than not having unit tests, and what exactly should be coded for in a unit test. The book is well-written, easy to follow, and includes helpful guidelines for things that might… More reviews

The time is NOW: You keep hearing about it.
"Unit Testing, Unit Testing, Unit Testing"
The time is now. Stop talking about and start becoming a more responsible developer.
This book takes you through the scenarios. Well written, and easy to get going.
This book has been the key ingrediant to get other developers… More reviews

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