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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.
Course info
Rating
(1649)
Level
Intermediate
Updated
May 9, 2014
Duration
4h 32m
Table of contents
Introduction
Introduction 1m What is Defensive Coding? 4m Clean Code 4m Testable Code and Unit Tests 3m Predictable Code 3m Topics 2m
Defending Your Methods - Part 1
Introduction 2m Clean, Testable, and Predictable Methods 3m Example: Clean, Testable, and Predictable Methods 9m Demo: Creating a Class Library Component 10m Demo: Clean, Testable, and Predictable Methods 28m Demo: Named Arguments 2m Key Points 2m
Defending Your Methods - Part 2
Introduction 2m Validating Method Parameters 3m Demo: Validating Method Parameters 13m Demo: Method Overloading 3m Key Points 4m
Automated Code Testing
Introduction 6m I Don't Have Time to Test! 5m Code First vs. Test First 1m Defining Unit Test Cases 5m Creating Unit Tests 9m Using Test Explorer 5m Generating Unit Tests 4m Unit Tests and Exceptions 7m Dependencies 4m Summary 2m
Defending Your Methods Part 3: Returning Predictable Results
Introduction 2m Method Results 8m Demo: Returning a Value 3m Demo: Returning Exceptions 1m Demo: Returning Multiple Values 12m Returning Null 3m Summary 3m
Defending Your Code Constructs
Introduction 2m Local Variable Declarations 6m If Statements 6m Switch Statements 3m Enums 9m Casting 4m Summary 2m
Asserts, Errors, and Exceptions
Introduction 2m Demo: Preparing the Sample Code 10m Asserts 4m Anticipated Errors 11m Unexpected Exceptions and a Global Exception Handler 6m Exception Handling 15m Summary 5m
Final Words
Introduction 0m Legacy Code 5m For More Information 1m Summary 2m
Description
Course info
Rating
(1649)
Level
Intermediate
Updated
May 9, 2014
Duration
4h 32m
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.

About the author
Deborah Kurata
About the author

Deborah Kurata is a software developer, consultant, Pluralsight author, Google Developer Expert (GDE), and Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP). Follow her on twitter: @deborahkurata

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