Test-Driven Development Using Visual Studio and MSTest
Course Description
This one-day course for developers explains the methodology of test-driven development and the use of Microsoft’s MSTest unit testing framework that comes with Visual Studio 2026, including the free Community version. The course is practical, with many example programs and tests written in C#, including a cumulative case study. The goal is to quickly bring you up to speed in doing unit testing in your .NET development projects.
Duration: 1 days
Learning Objectives
Understand the principles of test-driven development Acquire fluency in developing tests using the Visual Studio unit testing framework Efficiently exercise test suites using Visual Studio and MSTest
Pre-requisites
Participants should have a basic knowledge of .NET Core and experience programming in C# with Visual Studio. This course is designed to run on .NET 9.0, which is the latest version of .NET Core.
Test-Driven Development
What Is Test-Driven Development (TDD)? Functional Tests / Customer Tests Unit Tests / Programmer Tests Test Automation Simple Design Refactoring A Visual Studio Test Drive TDD with Legacy Code
Visual Studio Unit Testing Fundamentals
Structure of Unit Tests Unit Testing Framework Assertions Test Cases Test Classes Test Runners Ignoring Tests Initialization and Cleanup
More about MSTest Framework
Expected Exceptions Custom Asserts Playlists Debugging Unit Tests Command-line Test Runner Refactoring