Code Excavations, Wishful Invocations and Domain Specific Unit Test Frameworks

Published November 29th, 2010 Under Unit Testing | Leave a Comment

In this talk I’ll describe a technique for unit–testing code embedded in an impenetrable framework (such as Sharepoint, Silverlight, and BizTalk) that make such code inaccessible. We know we should write code that is easy to test because it has clean boundaries, but sometimes the vendors we work with make that kind of modularity just too hard. I will talk about how we can test such plug–in code by faking its environment in memory, simulating the underlying engines. As an example, I’ll be showing SilverUnit, a framework to test code written for the Silverlight framework without driving through the browser. I’ll talk about how the need for this sort of testing arose during Silverlight development and how it allowed me to make sure my Silverlight code worked as expected. even the UI logic.

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Developing Testable Silverlight Applications

Published February 10th, 2010 Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

Learn how to keep your customers, management, and quality assurance team happy by building testable Silverlight applications. Explore how the Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) and Inversion of Control principles can be used with .Net RIA Services to create Silverlight applications with high testability across multiple tiers. Hear guidance from the Silverlight team on how to best use the available testing tools and technologies to take full advantage of your improved application designs to boost quality.


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Silverlight 2 control unit tests

Published June 26th, 2008 Under Unit Testing | Leave a Comment

This video introduces the control source and unit test announcement from MIX, and then walks you through:
-exploring the Silverlight 2 Beta 1 control source code, unit test and unit test framework download
-using Visual Studio 2008 to run the control unit tests
-adding the Exclusive attribute to narrow the test(s) that run in the browser when analyzing tests
-running the tests in Firefox
-running the tests in Expression Blend 2.5

Walkthrough of the Silverlight 2 control unit tests

Published April 16th, 2008 Under Unit Testing | Leave a Comment

This video introduces the control source and unit test announcement from MIX, and then walk you through:
* exploring the Silverlight 2 Beta 1 control source code, unit test and unit test framework download
* using Visual Studio 2008 to run the control unit tests
* adding the Exclusive attribute to narrow the test(s) that run in the browser when analyzing tests
* running the tests in Firefox
* running the tests in Expression Blend 2.5

http://www.jeff.wilcox.name/2008/03/20/vid-silverlight-control-ut/