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Clean Code with C#

You're reading from   Clean Code with C# Refactor your legacy C# code base and improve application performance using best practices

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781837635191
Length 492 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Table of Contents (18) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Chapter 1: Coding Standards and Principles in C# 2. Chapter 2: Code Review – Process and Importance FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 3: Classes, Objects, and Data Structures 4. Chapter 4: Writing Clean Functions 5. Chapter 5: Exception Handling 6. Chapter 6: Unit Testing 7. Chapter 7: Designing and Developing APIs 8. Chapter 8: Addressing Cross-Cutting Concerns 9. Chapter 9: AOP with PostSharp 10. Chapter 10: Using Tools to Improve Code Quality 11. Chapter 11: Refactoring C# Code 12. Chapter 12: Functional Programming 13. Chapter 13: Cross-Platform Application Development with MAUI 14. Chapter 14: Microservices 15. Assessments 16. Index 17. Other Books You May Enjoy

Writing effective unit tests

Writing effective unit tests in C# involves several best practices and techniques that can help ensure that your tests are reliable, maintainable, and useful. Here are some tips for writing effective unit tests in C#:

  • Use a testing framework: Use a testing framework such as NUnit, MSTest, or xUnit to help structure your tests and make them easier to write and maintain.
  • Test only one thing at a time: Write tests that test only one aspect of your code at a time. This will make your tests more focused and easier to debug.
  • Use meaningful test names: Use names that describe what the test is testing. This will make it easier to understand what each test is doing and to find tests that are failing.
  • Use assertions: Use assertions to verify that the code being tested is behaving as expected. Assertions can be used to check that a value is equal to an expected value or that a condition is true or false. There are different assertion libraries...
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