TDD in C# From A to Z

TDD in C# From A to Z, available at $74.99, has an average rating of 4, with 83 lectures, based on 1179 reviews, and has 6024 subscribers.

You will learn about Practice TDD in your daily job Practice katas to improve TDD and understanding of the programming fundamentals Write acceptance tests with SpecFlow in Gherkin Develop software in a true agile, iterative process Apply best practices of unit testing and TDD This course is ideal for individuals who are Any developer who wants to improve professional programming skills It is particularly useful for Any developer who wants to improve professional programming skills.

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Summary

Title: TDD in C# From A to Z

Price: $74.99

Average Rating: 4

Number of Lectures: 83

Number of Published Lectures: 83

Number of Curriculum Items: 83

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 83

Original Price: $89.99

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What You Will Learn

Practice TDD in your daily job

Practice katas to improve TDD and understanding of the programming fundamentals

Write acceptance tests with SpecFlow in Gherkin

Develop software in a true agile, iterative process

Apply best practices of unit testing and TDD

Who Should Attend

Any developer who wants to improve professional programming skills

Target Audiences

Any developer who wants to improve professional programming skills

Today unit testing is the absolutely required skill which is required from any professional developer. Companies expect from developers to know how to write unit tests including all the most important topics such as mocking and test driven development (TDD in short).

This course is all about practicing TDD using C# programming language and NUnit as a unit testing framework. Along the way, we will learn the concepts related to unit testing. This course does not cover all the features of NUnit. This course is way more interesting.

Learning unit testingand TDD puts a powerful and very useful tool at your fingertips. Being familiar with unit testing and TDD you can write reliable and maintainable applications. It is very hard to lead a project which is not covered by unit tests.

Content and Overview   

This course is primarily aimed at developers who’re already familiar with the basics of unit testing and dependency injection. Some experience in C# programming is required. The course provides solid theoretical base reinforced by tons of practical material.

We start with basics of test-driven development. Why we need TDD? What is TDD? When TDD fails, three laws of TDD, different types of tests, tooling and other fundamental topics. This section is mostly theoretical.   

Theory is dead without practice, so starting from the second section, you’ll see tons of programming sessions where I’ll demonstrate how to implement generating of Fibonacci numbers, FizzBuzz, parsing of roman numerals, updateable spin synchronization primitives, tic-tac-toe or crosses and noughts game and game in sticks. You’ll also learn:   

How a regular agile development process looks like   

That you need to learn shortcuts to practice TDD more smoothly   

Three Main TDD techniques: faking, triangulation and obvious implementation   

Which tests to write first   

How to start writing a test in a TDD manner   

Stack kata   

Immutable stack kata   

And list kata   

What is acceptance testing   

About the SpecFlow acceptance testing framework   

How to write acceptance tests with SpecFlow in Gherkin language   

What are UI tests   

What tools for writing UI Tests exist   

How to access UI through the TestStack.White framework   

Have you heard about katas? No, I’m talking about programming. In the third section, you’ll learn what is a code kata and I’ll demonstrate three code katas:   

Growing an application by writing tests first, we’re not only writing unit tests first. So, in the next section, you’ll learn what is acceptance testing and integration testing. You’ll learn:   

You’ll need to see how to apply all the material learned by this moment. Practice helps very much with understanding especially when we uncover highly practical topics such as TDD. That’s why I decided to show you how all the things work in practice altogether. So, in the next section, you’ll see a real enterprise approach for working on a software project in action.   

I’ll build a bridge to UI through TestStack.White applying the Page Object design pattern   

I’ll write acceptance tests using the bridge built for accessing UI   

I’ll implement ViewModels and all the corresponding business-logic   

What is TDD in the end? Is it possible to live without it?   

The relationships between TDD and Agile development process   

Should we design architecture upfront or not?   

Do unit tests guarantee the success?   

Quality of tests, some criterions   

How to express data for writing unit tests   

Shouldly for writing more readable assertions   

Singletons, Static classes and testability, Builder design pattern   

And some other important topics

The last two sections are rather philosophical. We will discuss:   

What is TDD in the end? Is it possible to live without it?   

The relationships between TDD and Agile development process   

Should we design architecture upfront or not?   

Do unit tests guarantee the success?   

Quality of tests, some criterions   

How to express data for writing unit tests   

Shouldly for writing more readable assertions   

Singletons, Static classes and testability, Builder design pattern   

and some other important topics

Here is my Teaching Approach –

No fluff, no ranting, no beating the air. I respect your time. The course material is succinct, yet comprehensive. All important concepts are covered. Particularly important topics are covered in-depth.

Take this course, and you will be satisfied.

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction to Test-Driven Development (TDD)

Lecture 1: Download Source Code

Lecture 2: Join .NET Community of Students

Lecture 3: Outline

Lecture 4: Why we Need TDD?

Lecture 5: What is TDD?

Lecture 6: Red / Green / Refactor

Lecture 7: Three Laws of TDD

Lecture 8: Changing Requirements and the Safety Net

Lecture 9: F.I.R.S.T.

Lecture 10: Code Coverage

Lecture 11: Different Types of Tests and TDD

Lecture 12: Testing Frameworks and Tools

Lecture 13: When TDD Fails?

Lecture 14: Conclusion

Chapter 2: TDD in Action

Lecture 1: Outline

Lecture 2: Regular Agile Process in 200 Words

Lecture 3: VS and R# Shortcuts

Lecture 4: Refactoring Commands Built-In VS 2017

Lecture 5: Fibonacci Numbers

Lecture 6: Three Main TDD Techniques

Lecture 7: Grabbing the Gold

Lecture 8: FizzBuzz

Lecture 9: Reading Roman Numerals

Lecture 10: Updateable Spin

Lecture 11: Continuous Testing

Lecture 12: Tic-Tac-Toe (Crosses and Noughts)

Lecture 13: Assert First

Lecture 14: Demo – Sticks

Lecture 15: Conclusion

Chapter 3: Katas and TDD

Lecture 1: Outline

Lecture 2: Stack Kata

Lecture 3: Immutable Stack Kata

Lecture 4: LinkedList Kata

Lecture 5: Conclusion

Chapter 4: Writing Test Doubles (Mocks)

Lecture 1: Outline

Lecture 2: Problem Demo

Lecture 3: Refactoring to Make Code Testable

Lecture 4: Test Doubles

Lecture 5: Writing Tests with Hand-Rolled Mocks

Lecture 6: Problems with Hand-Rolled Mocks

Lecture 7: Mocking Frameworks

Lecture 8: Writing Tests with a Mocking Framework

Lecture 9: NSubstitute. Key Features

Lecture 10: Classic School vs London School

Lecture 11: Conclusion

Chapter 5: Acceptance and Integration Tests (UI-Tests)

Lecture 1: Outline

Lecture 2: What is an Acceptance Test?

Lecture 3: Overview of SpecFlow

Lecture 4: Gherkin. Features and Scenarios

Lecture 5: Basics of SpecFlow

Lecture 6: Integration and UI-Testing

Lecture 7: UI-Automation Testing Framework

Lecture 8: TestStack.White Overview

Lecture 9: Conclusion

Chapter 6: Implementing a WPF App by TDD

Lecture 1: Outline

Lecture 2: Application Overview

Lecture 3: Writing Acceptance Tests

Lecture 4: Building a Bridge to User Interface Applying the Page Object Design Pattern

Lecture 5: Implementing Acceptance Tests

Lecture 6: Implementing ViewModels using TDD. Part 1.

Lecture 7: Implementing ViewModels using TDD. Part 2.

Lecture 8: Conclusion

Chapter 7: Thoughts on TDD

Lecture 1: Outline

Lecture 2: What is TDD in the End? Life without TDD

Lecture 3: Agile and TDD

Lecture 4: TDD and Design Upfront

Lecture 5: Do Unit Tests Guarantee the Success?

Lecture 6: Having no Tests is Better than Having Bad Tests

Lecture 7: Architecture and Design

Lecture 8: Conclusion

Chapter 8: Best Practices

Lecture 1: Outline

Lecture 2: Ending the TDD Day

Lecture 3: Pair Programming and Ping-Pong Programming

Lecture 4: Quality of Tests

Lecture 5: Test Data

Lecture 6: Shouldly

Lecture 7: Prefer Positive if-Statements

Lecture 8: Testing Trivial Code

Lecture 9: Test Single Concern

Lecture 10: Singletons and Static Classes

Lecture 11: Builder Design Pattern. Immutability and Testability

Lecture 12: Conclusion

Lecture 13: BONUS Lecture

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