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Test Driven Development (TDD) for Databases – Choosing a framework

8 October 2011

I’ve been a fan of test-driven development (TDD) for a long time. My primary skill set revolves around database design and development but I like to think that, whilst not a .Net expert, I have pretty good C# skills for a SQL bod. So I have had the opportunity to follow proper TDD methodolgies on several [...]

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Unit Testing with Visual Studio DB Pro Part 2

21 November 2010

In Part 1, I talked about some of the challenges associated with writing effective database unit tests and in Part 2, we will work through setting up a new database test project in Visual Studio 2008 then writing and passing our first unit test. If you’re reading this I will assume you know about some of [...]

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Unit Testing Databases with Visual Studio Part 1

14 November 2010

I’m a big fan of the benefits of test-driven development (TDD) and similar methods. Having a suite of unit tests that can be easily or automatically re-run gives me greater confidence in the quality of the software I produce and means that I spend less time debugging both during initial development and during any subsequent [...]

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