DotNetKicks.com - Stories tagged with Testing

Use Virtual PC 2007 Effectively Without Joining The Corporate Domain

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:28:16 GMT

How to test your corproate .NET applicaitons in a Virtual PC setting without joining the domain.

Rhino Mocks 3.5 RTM

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:13:00 GMT

3.5 RTM released. New features and bug fixes listed.

Three Simple Rhino Mocks Rules

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:46:13 GMT

Jimmy Bogard shows how he uses the new Rhino Mocks syntax, and three short rules for using it.

UI Automation not fit for command!

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 01:50:07 GMT

I really wanted to like the .NET UI Automation framework for unit testing my GUI (with a mock back-end). Unfortunately, I believe it is a major FAIL!

Mocking and Mystery

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 05:44:09 GMT

I'm starting to think that mock objects are a sign of an anti-pattern...

4 Common Follies Made In Unit/Integration Testing

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:29:20 GMT

Review 4 common unit testing and integration testing follies. From testing with databases to not testing components because "You think they work".

Unit Tests to the rescue

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:30:15 GMT

Today started off in a bad, bad way. Because of some issues I had earlier in the week with my source control repository (SCR) I was doing a ton of work offline. Today I was able to regain access to my SCR I decided to do a full get. I was fully expecting SourceOffSite (crappy overlay tool on top of VSS -- BTW, VSS is the devil) to prompt me for conflicts or do merges...... NOPE

Unit Testing for Developers and Managers

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 07:45:00 GMT

Excellent Post on Unit testing and real life

Testing - It's About Ensuring Correctness

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 02:42:57 GMT

Tim admonishes us to test our code by showing an example of a simple bug that could easy cost far more to debug and fix once in production.

Unit testing and PInvoking pt.3

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:25:50 GMT

Third post in a series on how to set up PInvoke calls so they're easy, reusable and testable. With examples or tests with the Rhino Mocks AAA syntax.

Testing ASP.NET MVC using Typemock AAA Syntax

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:03:38 GMT

AAA syntax stands for Arrange, Act and Assert . It is a way to make a test readable, maintainable and convenient. In this post I am going to show you how can we test ASP.NET MVC code by using Typemock's AAA syntax. AAA ensures the separation of concern for unit test code.

How many test should I write?

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 07:52:07 GMT

How can you introduce gracefully unit testing in your team?

Behavior driven development, BDD, hype or a paradigm shift?

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:03:21 GMT

The notion of BDD is floating around more frequently in the community lately. But what is BDD and is it just a hype?

Not doing TDD is worst than doing it wrong in the beggining.

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:16:02 GMT

Check this out, and make a learn from it.

Flattening The Learning Curve - Your Input Needed

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:05:36 GMT

Tim Barcz inquires how we can assist in helping others learn TDD. People abandon TDD because of the steep learning curve, Tim seeks to flatten the learning curve.

Ten tips to maximize the return on your TDD investment

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 11:28:54 GMT

Its definitely worth the time

"Mock" Backend for Castle ActiveRecord

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:34:36 GMT

Testing code that uses Castle ActiveRecord business objects requires some sort of back end for persistence. This approach allows you to use a "mock" back end with ActiveRecord so that you don't need to rely on a file system or database service to unit test your services.

Setting up Continuous Integration for your Application with Team City

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:46:04 GMT

A short screencast on setting up Continuous Integration for your Application with Team City

Why Every Good Developer needs to Know how to Mock

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 21:31:02 GMT

While unit testing is generally considered a good practice ( even among those who don't do unit tests), mocking doesn't seem to carry the same aura. There are a lot of arguments saying why mocking is bad , how it kills testability etc. But in my day-to-day job, as well as in my personal projects, I found mocking is definitely indispensable.

TDD Tips: Unit Test Namespace considerations

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 10:37:35 GMT

There's a debate and poll going on about where you should put your tests.

Quality and Code Coverage

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:10:17 GMT

It's an age-old question: should our team's goal be 100% coverage? A valid question, but one I've never much cared about in practice. The idea is that the team, all practicing TDD, should dutifully measure and add unit tests until they reach the assumed pinnacle of unit testing: 100% coverage.

Gallio - Automation Platform for .NET

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:31:03 GMT

At present Gallio can run tests from MbUnit versions 2 and 3, MSTest, NBehave, NUnit, and xUnit.Net. Gallio provides tool support and integration with CCNet, MSBuild, NAnt, NCover, Pex, Powershell, Resharper, TestDriven.Net, TypeMock, and Visual Studio Team System.

Testing Windows Form using TypeMock

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:26:10 GMT

How to test GUI by using an unit testing tool and applying good design principles.

FsTest Updated with F# CTP

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:57:07 GMT

Back in June, I announced the creation of FsTest, a testing Domain Specific Language for F#. Since that time, the F# team has released the September 2008 CTP, which finally gives F# full citizenship within Visual Studio with real project files. I felt it was time to update FsTest, and more in particular, FsxUnit, which uses xUnit.net as the back end for doing assertions. Go ahead and pick up the latest bits here from the CodePlex site.

Design for testability

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:24:14 GMT

Some notes on design for testability and mocking