C# Corner columnist Patrick Steele says writing unit tests can be a time-consuming chore. He looks at some approaches that can make writing unit tests easier and more efficient for C# programmers.

We often need to write unit tests for code that accesses an external resource such as a database or a file file system. If such resources are not available, the only way to ensure that the tests can ...

Try to keep units small, use appropriate tools, and pair-up programmers and tester; these are suggestions from Adrian Bolboacă for writing good unit tests. Unit testing is a mixture of programming and ...

When taking a test-first approach to programming (see Test before you leap), developers use unit tests to verify that that their code will function as expected. JUnit and NUnit are open source unit ...

Microsoft and OpenAI, in collaboration with GitHub, have developed the Copilot extension, an AI-powered code optimization and completion tool. It can help developers by suggesting blocks or even lines ...

I'm taking a break from my usual "tutorial-like" columns to talk about how I actually enjoy writing automated unit tests and the positive, psychological effect it has on me during my day-to-day ...