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The Complete Beginners Guide to Testing in VS Code

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Many programmers skip writing tests because of deadlines. Some claim they don't like the friction of a large test base. This leads to a buggy codebase with builds that routinely break. In this video, let's explore how we can win just by showing up and creating a test suite. Will then explore what a "good" test looks like, and what happens when we write tests first. šŸ”Ž Chapters: 00:00 Stop breaking the build, write better tests 01:42 Win #1: Speed up the testing process with snippets 05:11 Win #2: Write clearer, better tests with Copilot 11:47 Win #3: Write tests first 16:22 Win #4: Tests that don't break 21:30 In summary 22:08 More on prompts    ā€¢ Essential AI prompts for developers   22:19 Happy Testing and Happy Coding! GitHub Copilot: https://github.com/features/copilot Develop Tests with Copilot: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/tra... Unit Testing Best Practices for .NET - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dot... Featuring: @rconery ...more
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The Complete Beginners Guide to Testing in VS Code
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Sep 182024
Many programmers skip writing tests because of deadlines. Some claim they don't like the friction of a large test base. This leads to a buggy codebase with builds that routinely break. In this video, let's explore how we can win just by showing up and creating a test suite. Will then explore what a "good" test looks like, and what happens when we write tests first. šŸ”Ž Chapters: 00:00 Stop breaking the build, write better tests 01:42 Win #1: Speed up the testing process with snippets 05:11 Win #2: Write clearer, better tests with Copilot 11:47 Win #3: Write tests first 16:22 Win #4: Tests that don't break 21:30 In summary 22:08 More on prompts    ā€¢ Essential AI prompts for developers   22:19 Happy Testing and Happy Coding! GitHub Copilot: https://github.com/features/copilot Develop Tests with Copilot: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/tra... Unit Testing Best Practices for .NET - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dot... Featuring: @rconery

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Visual Studio Code

749K subscribers