Defensive Coding in C#

By Deborah Kurata
This course will show you how to write clean, maintainable, and testable code, and how to keep that code great using defensive coding techniques.
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By Deborah Kurata
This course will show you how to write clean, maintainable, and testable code, and how to keep that code great using defensive coding techniques.
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Introduction
16m 14s
Introduction 0m 41s What is Defensive Coding? 3m 37s Clean Code 4m 0s Testable Code and Unit Tests 3m 9s Predictable Code 2m 55s Topics 1m 49s
Defending Your Methods - Part 1
57m 7s
Introduction 2m 10s Clean, Testable, and Predictable Methods 3m 11s Example: Clean, Testable, and Predictable Methods 9m 18s Demo: Creating a Class Library Component 10m 28s Demo: Clean, Testable, and Predictable Methods 27m 52s Demo: Named Arguments 2m 8s Key Points 1m 58s
Defending Your Methods - Part 2
23m 45s
Introduction 1m 31s Validating Method Parameters 2m 53s Demo: Validating Method Parameters 13m 3s Demo: Method Overloading 2m 41s Key Points 3m 35s
Automated Code Testing
46m 58s
Introduction 6m 21s I Don't Have Time to Test! 5m 5s Code First vs. Test First 1m 6s Defining Unit Test Cases 4m 46s Creating Unit Tests 8m 42s Using Test Explorer 4m 41s Generating Unit Tests 3m 46s Unit Tests and Exceptions 6m 30s Dependencies 3m 55s Summary 2m 2s
Defending Your Methods Part 3: Returning Predictable Results
32m 36s
Introduction 1m 30s Method Results 7m 53s Demo: Returning a Value 3m 22s Demo: Returning Exceptions 1m 21s Demo: Returning Multiple Values 12m 28s Returning Null 3m 21s Summary 2m 37s
Defending Your Code Constructs
32m 29s
Introduction 2m 13s Local Variable Declarations 6m 8s If Statements 5m 35s Switch Statements 3m 18s Enums 8m 55s Casting 4m 16s Summary 2m 2s
Asserts, Errors, and Exceptions
54m 29s
Introduction 2m 28s Demo: Preparing the Sample Code 10m 2s Asserts 4m 27s Anticipated Errors 10m 40s Unexpected Exceptions and a Global Exception Handler 6m 4s Exception Handling 15m 28s Summary 5m 17s
Final Words
9m 7s
Introduction 0m 27s Legacy Code 5m 10s For More Information 1m 17s Summary 2m 12s
You will learn how to write clean, maintainable, and testable code when faced with constantly changing requirements, legacy issues, intensive time pressures, and a rapidly evolving environment. You will also learn how to keep that code great after maintenance activities, multiple developers, and the ravages of time.
Table of Contents
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Introduction
16m 14s
Introduction 0m 41s What is Defensive Coding? 3m 37s Clean Code 4m 0s Testable Code and Unit Tests 3m 9s Predictable Code 2m 55s Topics 1m 49s
Defending Your Methods - Part 1
57m 7s
Introduction 2m 10s Clean, Testable, and Predictable Methods 3m 11s Example: Clean, Testable, and Predictable Methods 9m 18s Demo: Creating a Class Library Component 10m 28s Demo: Clean, Testable, and Predictable Methods 27m 52s Demo: Named Arguments 2m 8s Key Points 1m 58s
Defending Your Methods - Part 2
23m 45s
Introduction 1m 31s Validating Method Parameters 2m 53s Demo: Validating Method Parameters 13m 3s Demo: Method Overloading 2m 41s Key Points 3m 35s
Automated Code Testing
46m 58s
Introduction 6m 21s I Don't Have Time to Test! 5m 5s Code First vs. Test First 1m 6s Defining Unit Test Cases 4m 46s Creating Unit Tests 8m 42s Using Test Explorer 4m 41s Generating Unit Tests 3m 46s Unit Tests and Exceptions 6m 30s Dependencies 3m 55s Summary 2m 2s
Defending Your Methods Part 3: Returning Predictable Results
32m 36s
Introduction 1m 30s Method Results 7m 53s Demo: Returning a Value 3m 22s Demo: Returning Exceptions 1m 21s Demo: Returning Multiple Values 12m 28s Returning Null 3m 21s Summary 2m 37s
Defending Your Code Constructs
32m 29s
Introduction 2m 13s Local Variable Declarations 6m 8s If Statements 5m 35s Switch Statements 3m 18s Enums 8m 55s Casting 4m 16s Summary 2m 2s
Asserts, Errors, and Exceptions
54m 29s
Introduction 2m 28s Demo: Preparing the Sample Code 10m 2s Asserts 4m 27s Anticipated Errors 10m 40s Unexpected Exceptions and a Global Exception Handler 6m 4s Exception Handling 15m 28s Summary 5m 17s
Final Words
9m 7s
Introduction 0m 27s Legacy Code 5m 10s For More Information 1m 17s Summary 2m 12s
Description
You will learn how to write clean, maintainable, and testable code when faced with constantly changing requirements, legacy issues, intensive time pressures, and a rapidly evolving environment. You will also learn how to keep that code great after maintenance activities, multiple developers, and the ravages of time.
Course info
Level
Intermediate
Rating
(1402)
Duration
4h 32m
Released
9 May 2014
Course authors
Deborah Kurata

Deborah Kurata is an independent consultant who specializes in designing and developing successful Microsoft .NET applications as well as mentoring software developers. She has authored several technical books and speaks at conferences. For her work in support of software developers, she has been recognized with the Microsoft MVP award.

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