Software Development Tutorials about unit testing

Programming with GUTs

softdevtube.com — Mon, 27 Oct 2014 18:23:50 +0000

These days testing is considered a sexy topic for programmers. Who’d have thought it? But what makes for good unit tests (GUTs)? There’s more to effective unit testing than just knowing the assertion syntax of a framework. Testing represents a form of communication and, as such, it offers multiple levels …

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Writing Good Unit Tests

softdevtube.com — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 20:46:44 +0000

This video provides advice, tips, and tricks on how to write good unit tests—the hardest part of test-driven development. It discusses the differences between TDD and unit testing, the benefits of unit tests, and the attributes of good unit tests. Topics covered include: * Difference between TDD and Unit Testing …

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Introduction to Test-Driven Development

softdevtube.com — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 22:03:39 +0000

This video covers the basics of test-driven development (TDD). Find out more about what TDD is, what it isn’t, the challenges you’ll face, and why you’ll want to implement it. It covers the following topics: * Test-Driven Development defined * Benefits of Test-Driven development * Challenges of Test-Driven Development * …

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Scala and Sbt

softdevtube.com — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 11:57:00 +0000

This video shows you how to install the Scala sdk and Simple Build Tool, sbt. You will also see how to create a mini sbt-project to demonstrate how you can get started with unit testing using Scalatest and JUnit. Video source with associated links: http://scalacasts.net/2011/06/06/episode-1-scala-and-sbt/

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Using ApprovalTests .Net with NUnit

softdevtube.com — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:57:07 +0000

This video shows how to set up and start using ApprovalTests with Nunit. Both are open source tools that will help you perform unit testing on your .NET code. Video producer: http://www.approvaltests.com/

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Fast Test, Slow Test

softdevtube.com — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 19:40:59 +0000

Most unit tests are not unit tests and their authors suffer for it. What is unit testing, really? How can writing them prevent classic testing problems? If you do write them, what trade-offs are you implicitly making? Your unit test suite takes three minutes to run 500 tests. On a …

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Rapid Testing, Rapid Development

softdevtube.com — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 16:27:07 +0000

Development speed is all about the “”feedback loop”” between coding and testing the result. As any jQuery project grows more complex the developer’s feedback loop grows bigger. This video presents jQuery plugins and general tips that will help you reduce that feedback loop. jQuery plugins like Mockjax can speed up …

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Unit Testing with Team System

softdevtube.com — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 13:54:52 +0000

A short introduction on how to perform unit tests with Microsoft Team System.

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Grease your Suite: Tips and Tricks for Faster Testing

softdevtube.com — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 13:10:23 +0000

Continuous integration is a great way to keep your code base organized and well tested. But when a test suite takes so long to run that developers stop running it before every commit, they lose their constant feedback loop and quality drops. In this talk weâ€™ll explore methods of speeding …

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Learning TDD through Test-first Teaching

softdevtube.com — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 13:59:26 +0000

How to get started with TDD? Test-First Teaching is an innovative teaching approach that is gaining widespread adoption. Sarah Allen talks about how she teaches Ruby and Rails through a test-first approach. She demonstrates test-first teaching and then discuss how to turn the corner from simply making tests pass to …

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