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Practical Test-Driven Development using C# 7

You're reading from   Practical Test-Driven Development using C# 7 Unleash the power of TDD by implementing real world examples under .NET environment and JavaScript

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2018
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ISBN-13 9781788398787
Length 442 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Clayton Hunt Clayton Hunt
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Why TDD is Important FREE CHAPTER 2. Setting Up the .NET Test Environment 3. Setting Up a JavaScript Environment 4. What to Know Before Getting Started 5. Tabula Rasa – Approaching an Application with TDD in Mind 6. Approaching the Problem 7. Test-Driving C# Applications 8. Abstract Away Problems 9. Testing JavaScript Applications 10. Exploring Integrations 11. Changes in Requirements 12. The Legacy Problem 13. Unraveling a Mess 14. A Better Foot Forward 15. Other Books You May Enjoy

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Change is inevitable with any application. Requirements change as a result of a new business rule, feature enhancement, discovery and remediation of a defect, and so on. Change is especially certain when test driving an application. Luckily, through the process of TDD, your application should be easily and safely modifiable.

If a system is loosely coupled, then changes to one part of a system should, in theory, have little to no impact on the rest of the system. A comprehensive suite of unit tests should alleviate the fear of making changes.

Unfortunately, the tests are only valid for the scenarios which they define. If sufficient tests aren't written to cover certain scenarios or edge cases, then it is certainly possible that a bug could find its way into production. If the TDD approach is not taken, or worse, tests aren't written at all, then you may discover that it is quite easy for a bug to make it through all of the checks of your code review process and CI/CD...

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