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Pragmatic Test-Driven Development in C# and .NET

By : Adam Tibi
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Pragmatic Test-Driven Development in C# and .NET

By: Adam Tibi

Overview of this book

Test-driven development is a manifesto for incrementally adding features to a product but starting with the unit tests first. Today’s project templates come with unit tests by default and implementing them has become an expectation. It’s no surprise that TDD/unit tests feature in most job specifications and are important ingredients for most interviews and coding challenges. Adopting TDD will enforce good design practices and expedite your journey toward becoming a better coding architect. This book goes beyond the theoretical debates and focuses on familiarizing you with TDD in a real-world setting by using popular frameworks such as ASP.NET Core and Entity Framework. The book starts with the foundational elements before showing you how to use Visual Studio 2022 to build an appointment booking web application. To mimic real-life, you’ll be using EF, SQL Server, and Cosmos, and utilize patterns including repository, service, and builder. This book will also familiarize you with domain-driven design (DDD) and other software best practices, including SOLID and FIRSTHAND. By the end of this TDD book, you’ll have become confident enough to champion a TDD implementation. You’ll also be equipped with a business and technical case for rolling out TDD or unit testing to present to your management and colleagues.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
1
Part 1: Getting Started and the Basics of TDD
8
Part 2: Building an Application with TDD
13
Part 3: Applying TDD to Your Projects

The Intricacies of Rolling Out TDD

I have frequently seen developers putting their efforts into trying to convince the business to follow TDD or adopt unit tests. In fact, this is a situation in which I have often found myself, and for this reason, I want to share my experience with you in this chapter.

After reading this book, you might feel strongly about implementing TDD in your direct team or large organization to reap the quality benefits. So far, so good. The second stage is doing this in a structured manner and being prepared for the business’ counter-arguments and rejections.

We will highlight the challenges and guide you through the process of convincing your business and team to take the TDD approach. In this chapter, we will discuss the following topics:

  • Technical challenges
  • Team challenges
  • Business challenges
  • TDD arguments and misconceptions

After reading this chapter, you will be ready to present your team and/or business with a...