MSDN Architecture Webcast: patterns & practices Live: Test Driven Development – Level 200  

In Kent Beck's book titled Test-Driven Development, by Example he defines Test-Driven Development (TDD) as driving software development with automated tests. He goes further by stating that TDD is governed by two simple rules: write new code only if an automated test has failed and eliminate duplication. The implications of these two simple rules can be a profound change to the way that software is written. Most of the literature to date has bundled TDD along with Extreme Programming (XP). However, the benefits of using TDD are not limited to XP, and can be realized in any programming methodology. This webcast will provide an introduction into TDD, demonstrating how it works and what benefits it provides when used with Microsoft® .NET. The examples shown will use Visual C#® and NUnit.

Presenter:  Jim Newkirk, Development Lead, Microsoft Corporation

James Newkirk is the development lead for the Microsoft Platform Architecture Guidance team, building guidance and reusable assets for enterprise customers through the patterns & practices series. He is the co-author of the forthcoming book Test Driven Development in .NET (Microsoft Press, April 2004). Prior to joining Microsoft he co-authored “Enterprise Solution Patterns in .NET” (Microsoft patterns & practices) and “Extreme Programming in Practice” (Addison-Wesley). In between writing books and consulting on software projects, James led the development of NUnit V2. He can be reached at jamesnew@microsoft.com.