Articles filed in category 'Testing'

An Introduction to Distributed Tracing with OpenTelemetry in .NET 7

By: Joydip Kanjilal

Last updated: Thursday, December 8, 2022

Published in: CODE Magazine: 2023 - January/February

OpenTelemetry is an open-source distributed tracing framework. Companies that use it can make more informed decisions about their operations. Learn to use it through an example ASP.NET 7 project.

• .NET 7
• .NET Core
• .NET Core Tools
• Architecture
• Legacy code
• Testing
• Testing and Quality Control

Test Your REST APIs Using Insomnia REST Client

By: Joydip Kanjilal

Last updated: Wednesday, May 24, 2023

Published in: CODE Magazine: 2021 - July/August

APIs are everywhere! Joydip shows you how to take advantage of them using a new, free, cross-platform desktop framework, Insomnia, with its user-friendly interface and sophisticated features.

• Agile Development
• Insomnia
• REST
• TestFlight
• Testing
• Testing and Quality Control
• Web Development (general)
• xUnit

Interactive Unit Testing with .NET Core and VS Code

By: John Petersen

Last updated: Wednesday, August 31, 2022

Published in: CODE Magazine: 2020 - September/October

John continues exploring unit testing using .NET Core 3 in VS Code, and steps to get ready for .NET 5 and VS Code.

• .NET Core
• Testing
• Testing and Quality Control
• Unit Testing
• Visual Studio Code

JavaScript Testing in VS Code and Node.js

By: John Petersen

Last updated: Wednesday, August 31, 2022

Published in: CODE Magazine: 2020 - March/April

Learn to test JavaScript using the Visual Studio Code editor using Node.js as a JavaScript execution environment.

• Java Script
• JavaScript
• node.js
• Testing
• Unit Testing
• Visual Studio Code

Yes, User Prompts and Unit Tests Can Co-Exist

By: John Petersen

Last updated: Friday, April 2, 2021

Published in: CODE Magazine: 2019 - March/April

If you thought that pages and dialogs that need a response from a user couldn’t be unit tested, John will show you how it’s done using dependency inversion.

• Agile Development
• C#
• Testing
• UI (User Interface)
• Unit Testing

10 Reasons Why Unit Testing Matters

By: John Petersen

Last updated: Thursday, April 8, 2021

Published in: CODE Magazine: 2019 - January/February

If you’ve ever argued with management about how unit testing is beneficial, speeds up the process in the long run, and makes the software work better, you’ll recognize John’s point of view. If you haven’t (yet) had the argument, you’ll want to have this article handy.

• Agile Development
• Development Process
• Testing
• Testing and Quality Control
• Unit Testing

A Professional-Grade Configuration for Azure DevOps Services: Beyond the Quickstarts

By: Jeffrey Palermo (Clear Measure)

Last updated: Wednesday, April 7, 2021

Published in: CODE Magazine: 2019 - January/February

Jeffrey shows you how to organize your code to suit DevOps, configure the five Azure DevOps products, automate your pipeline for speed, and build quality into each stage of your process.

• Azure
• Cloud Computing
• Development Process
• DevOps
• Testing
• Testing and Quality Control
• TFS

Part 3: Merrily We Roll Along

By: Rod Paddock

Last updated: Thursday, December 16, 2021

Published in: CODE Magazine: 2019 - January/February

Rod continues the tale of an enormous conversion project.

• Agile Development
• Editorials
• Testing
• Testing and Quality Control
• Unit Testing

Software Archaeology

By: Chris Williams

Last updated: Tuesday, May 11, 2021

Published in: CODE Magazine: 2017 - November/December

If you’ve ever had to step through legacy code—even your own—you understand what a mystery some of it can be. Chris provides some tips and tricks for figuring it out.

• Editorials
• Legacy code
• Testing
• Testing and Quality Control

Improving Code Quality with Unit Tests

By: Keith Pijanowski

Last updated: Thursday, May 13, 2021

Published in: CODE Magazine: 2017 - September/October

Insufficient testing can lead to devastating results. Find out what you can do to minimize outages as Keith explores unit testing using a Python tool called Coverage.py.

• Agile Development
• Coverage.py
• Python
• Testing
• Testing and Quality Control
• Unit Testing

Beta Test Your iOS Applications Using TestFlight

By: Jason Bender

Last updated: Tuesday, May 18, 2021

Published in: CODE Magazine: 2017 - July/August

Jason explores TestFlight, a new tool for testing your iOS apps. It has some nifty notification tools, which make it easier to have a lot of testers—or just a few, depending on what your product needs. Check out what else it has going for it.

• Android
• IOS
• Mobile Development
• Objective C
• TestFlight
• Testing
• Testing and Quality Control
• Xcode

What’s New in Visual Studio 2017

By: Markus Egger

Last updated: Wednesday, May 19, 2021

Published in: CODE Magazine: 2017 - May/June

It’s so new that the dust is still settling, and VS2017 was worth the wait. Markus explores the ins and outs of his favorite new features.

• .NET 4.0
• .NET 4.5
• .NET Framework
• Agile Development
• C#
• Testing
• Testing and Quality Control
• Visual Studio .NET
• Visual Studio 2017
• xUnit

Data-Driven Testing with Visual Studio

By: Paul Sheriff

Last updated: Friday, May 21, 2021

Published in: CODE Magazine: 2017 - March/April

Does the idea of using an app that’s never been tested give you the willies? It should, and Paul talks about finding the sticking points so you can be confident that your code works as intended before someone fires it up.

• .NET 4.0
• .NET 4.5
• .NET Framework
• Debugger
• Testing
• Visual Studio 2013
• Visual Studio 2015

Asynchronous, Test-Driven Development, with JavaScript and Mocha

By: Ben Coe

Last updated: Friday, May 20, 2022

Published in: CODE Magazine: 2013 - July/August

Although I’m now a huge advocate of test-driven-development, I was not an immediate convert to the school of thought. I understood the necessity of unit testing:

• JavaScript
• TDD
• Testing
• Testing and Quality Control