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Mastering Jenkins

You're reading from   Mastering Jenkins Configure and extend Jenkins to architect, build, and automate efficient software delivery pipelines

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2015
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781784390891
Length 334 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Preface 1. Setup and Configuration of Jenkins FREE CHAPTER 2. Distributed Builds – Master/Slave Mode 3. Creating Views and Jobs in Jenkins 4. Managing Views and Jobs in Jenkins 5. Advanced Automated Testing 6. Software Deployments and Delivery 7. Build Pipelines 8. Continuous Practices 9. Integrating Jenkins with Other Technologies 10. Extending Jenkins Index

Unit tests in Jenkins through MSTest


As we mentioned earlier, unit testing provides developers with a formalized way to write code documentation, and encourages better coding practices. Unit testing is simply breaking down the functionality of a program into unit-testable behaviors, which can be repeatedly executed to verify the behavior of the code in response to standards, boundaries, and data inputs.

TDD, Test Driven Development or TFD, Test First Development, as we mentioned earlier, is a development technique where developers repeat a process of three activities, which are tightly interwoven.

  • Testing: Creating automated tests

  • Coding: Writing minimal code to just pass those tests

  • Design: Refactoring code to improve internal implementation without changing the external contract

At the time of writing, there are numerous Unit testing frameworks available. The most notable are MSTest, JUnit, CUnit, and NUnit, which are available for .NET, JAVA, Linux, and Windows respectively. In the next...

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