An emerging software engineering paradigm is test-driven development,
where tests are written early and testing is performed continuously
during the development process. Problems are discovered early and
corrected when they are found. This one-day course for developers
explains the methodology of test-driven development and the use of
NUnit in supporting test-driven development on Microsoft .NET.
The course is practical, with many example programs and tests written
in C#, including a cumulative case study. The goal is to quickly bring
you up to speed in using NUnit in your .NET development projects. The
student will receive a comprehensive set of materials, including
course notes and all the programming examples.
The student should have a basic knowledge of the .NET
Framework and experience programming in C# with Visual Studio.
On completion of this course, the student should be able to
Understand the principles of test-driven development
Acquire fluency in developing tests using the NUnit
framework
Efficiently exercise tests suites using both GUI and
command-line tools
Course exercises require NUnit 2.2.8 and Microsoft Visual Studio 2005
on Windows XP with Service Pack 2. Visual C# 2005 Express Edition can
also be used. See the appropriate course Setup Guide for details.
A good minimal hardware profile for this course would have a Pentium 1
GHz or equivalent CPU, 512 MB of RAM, and at least 4 GB of free disk
space for tools installation and courseware.
