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
(1648)
Level
Intermediate
Updated
May 9, 2014
Duration
4h 32m
Table of contents
Introduction
Clean Code 4m Introduction 1m Predictable Code 3m Testable Code and Unit Tests 3m Topics 2m What is Defensive Coding? 4m
Defending Your Methods - Part 1
Clean, Testable, and Predictable Methods 3m Demo: Clean, Testable, and Predictable Methods 28m Demo: Creating a Class Library Component 10m Demo: Named Arguments 2m Example: Clean, Testable, and Predictable Methods 9m Introduction 2m Key Points 2m
Defending Your Methods - Part 2
Demo: Method Overloading 3m Demo: Validating Method Parameters 13m Introduction 2m Key Points 4m Validating Method Parameters 3m
Automated Code Testing
Code First vs. Test First 1m Creating Unit Tests 9m Defining Unit Test Cases 5m Dependencies 4m Generating Unit Tests 4m I Don't Have Time to Test! 5m Introduction 6m Summary 2m Unit Tests and Exceptions 7m Using Test Explorer 5m
Defending Your Methods Part 3: Returning Predictable Results
Demo: Returning Exceptions 1m Demo: Returning Multiple Values 12m Demo: Returning a Value 3m Introduction 2m Method Results 8m Returning Null 3m Summary 3m
Defending Your Code Constructs
Casting 4m Enums 9m If Statements 6m Introduction 2m Local Variable Declarations 6m Summary 2m Switch Statements 3m
Asserts, Errors, and Exceptions
Anticipated Errors 11m Asserts 4m Demo: Preparing the Sample Code 10m Exception Handling 15m Introduction 2m Summary 5m Unexpected Exceptions and a Global Exception Handler 6m
Final Words
For More Information 1m Introduction 0m Legacy Code 5m Summary 2m
Description
Course info
Rating
(1648)
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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