Yet another classic. This book is an extensive compilation of refactorings that range from providing meaningful names for variable to collapsing class hierarchies. Every pattern is introduced in three stages – Motivation, Mechanics, and Example. The Motivation section presents the problem that a refactoring is trying to solve. Then the Mechanics section explains how [...]
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Visual Studio Code Snippets for TestClass and TestMethod
Tired of writing [TestMethod] and [TestClass] when creating tests? Well, I got tired and wrote two very simple Visual Studio snippets that can create test classes and test methods. Just copy the two .snippet files into C:\<Program Files Folder>\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC#\Snippets\1033\Visual C# , restart Visual Studio and you are good to go. Enjoy. Download [...]
Mocking The File System to Improve Testability
Recently I started writing a simple application that would help me organize my music files by automatically renaming them using their tags and moving them to their designated folders. As expected the program will rely on the file system classes that the .Net Framework provides. Naturally, I wanted to cover the I/O logic with tests [...]
Books I Recommend – I. M. Wright’s Hard Code by Eric Brechner
I have been yearning to write about this book for a long time since it had become an all-time favorite. You have got to love this book for its incredible depth, witty jokes, great style, and funky structure. Definitely a must-read for every developer. Don’t get fooled by the name though – the author [...]
Unit Testing Games (Part 1) – Vectors and Transformations
Test driven development and testing in general are mandatory techniques if you are serious about the code that you create. That is especially true in game development where almost every piece of code is very complex. In this first post about testing I will give you a little insight about testing vectors and transformations. The [...]
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