Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2010 Unleashed

Chapter 9. Testing Code

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Unit Testing Basics 354

• The Unit Testing Framework 368

• Writing ASP.NET Hosted Unit Tests 383

• Configuring Unit Test Attributes 386

• Creating Ordered Tests 388

• Organizing Your Tests 389

Developers have always been responsible for testing their code before it is released to testers or users. In years past, this meant walking through every line of code in the debugger (including all conditions and errors). To do so, you often had to create test-harness applications that mimicked the functionality required to execute your code. Stepping through all your code in a debugger made for a fine goal but was not always realized (and very difficult to verify). In fact, the entire exercise was often skipped ...