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Visual Studio for Database Professionals Released
Microsoft has developed what they call "tools for building SQL databases in a managed project environment with support for versioning, deployment, unit testing, refactoring, and off-line SQL development." These tools, released under the name Visual Studio for Database Professionals, claim to offer a way to develop databases in the same off-line fashion as traditional applications.
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Interview with Alberto Savoia on AgitarOne, a unit-testing solution
Agitar recently released AgitarOne and InfoQ sat down with Alberto Savoia, CTO, VP of Engineering, and co-founder of Agitar to talk about the new product. AgitarOne is a unit-testing product that provides exploratory testing, generates JUnit regression tests, continuous integration and test coverage reports.
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TestDriven.NET 2.0 released
TestDriven.NET 2.0 was released last week. TestDriven.NET 2.0 supports the TDD framework and supports all version of Visual Studio .NET. TestDriven.NET is a Visual Studio plug-in providing support for Nunit, MBUnit, and Visual Studio Team System.
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Use Test Categorization for Agile Builds
Everyone agrees that developer testing is important, but ever-lengthening build times can discourage running these tests with optimal frequency. Andrew Glover's new IBM DeveloperWorks article outlines a strategy to use categorized tests to ensure end-to-end system soundness, including examples on how to automatically sort and run tests by category, resulting in dramatically reduced build times.
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Unit Testing with VS Team System - A First Glance (Updated)
A brief look at the unit testing features in Visual Studio Team System.
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MbUnit RC2 Now Available
MBUnit, an advanced unit testing framework, has reached Release Candidate 2 stage. This "generative" unit test framework claims to offer features that surpass both nUnit and Visual Studio Team System.
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Opinion: Code Coverage Stats Misleading
John Casey recently spent some time refactoring Maven's assembly plugin, using coverage reporting to mark his progress and make sure he didn't break anything as he went. It didn't exactly go as planned - but at very least it was a learning experience. His conclusion: when you're seeking confidence through testing, perhaps the worst thing you can do is to look at a test coverage report.
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InfoQ Article: Using Logging Seams for Legacy Code Unit Testing
Ian Roughley shows how to use logging seams to easily create unobtrusive unit tests around legacy classes, without needing to edit class logic as well as avoiding behavior changes.
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TestDriven.NET Releases Professional and Enterprise Editions
The previously-free automated unit testing add-in for Visual Studio .NET, TestDriven.NET, now charges licensing fees for its use beyond the Personal edition. Note that the Personal edition is fully-featured and does not expire.
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Rails Testing Strategies
Popular Rails community member Kevin Olbrich published a couple of interesting and useful articles on his blog about Rails testing strategies.