This is a technique I’ve been using for years but it wasn’t until recently that I realized that it actually has a specific name. Using characterization testing we lock the current behavior in one of several tests before we go refactor code (usually untested legacy) to be comfortable that our improvement didn’t break any existing behavior.…
Depending on which mocking framework you are using you might have to handle optional parameters differently and in this short article I will compare and demonstrate the differences in the three major mocking frameworks NSubstitute, Moq and FakeItEasy.…
Having problems with your NUnit tests not running as expected in Visual Studio's Test Explorer? Even wiered, the tests might work for other members of your team but for some reason not for you?…
Today I had the privilege of lecturing for the 5th year at Yrgo University college on the subject of .NET Testing. As always, the goal has been to give students a positive impression of testing early in their career and that writing tests is not something you "should" or "must" do but something you WANT to do because it is a fun and challenging part of being a developer.…
The other day I got a friendly heads up from Umbraco Documentation Team member Sofie Toft that the official Umbraco Unit Testing documentation had not yet been verified against the latest major version of Umbraco (v10).…