Testing C# Code in Production with Scientist.NET

By Jason Roberts
Even if we have unit tests in place, problems can still occur when the code is released to production. This course will show you how to use Scientist.NET to test the new code in production to gain greater confidence before starting to use it.
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Level
Intermediate
Updated
Sep 30, 2016
Duration
1h 31m
Table of contents
Course Overview
Course Overview 1m
Introduction to Scientist.NET
Introduction 2m Course Outline 1m Why Scientist.NET? 3m Understanding Scientist.NET 2m Core Concepts 2m Summary 2m
Getting Started
Introduction 2m Overview of Demo Code 3m Exploring the Existing Solution 3m Writing the New Implementation Code 2m An Overview of Creating Experiments 1m Creating an Experiment 7m Executing an Experiment 2m An Overview of Result Publishers 2m Creating a Console Report Publisher 7m Considerations When Using Experiments 3m Summary 2m
Configuring Experiments
Introduction 2m Giving Names to Candidates 1m Running Multiple Candidates in an Experiment 3m Customizing Control and Candidate Comparisons 3m Adding Additional Experiment Context Data 3m Conditionally Running Experiments in Production 2m Reducing Experiment Setup Overheads 4m Ignoring Selected Mismatches 2m Summary 2m
Publishing and Analyzing Custom Report Data
Introduction 2m Creating the SQL Server Database 2m Configuring a Connection String 1m Writing a SQL Server Result Publisher 6m Analyzing Experiment Data in Excel 1m Fixing the Candidate 1m Checking New Experiment Results 2m Implementing the New Code 2m Summary 1m
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Course info
Rating
(24)
Level
Intermediate
Updated
Sep 30, 2016
Duration
1h 31m
Description

Errors in production code can be costly to fix, more stressful for the development team, and frustrating for the end-user. In this course, Testing C# Code in Production with Scientist.NET, you will get to see how Scientist.NET allows sections of the application to be changed more safely by running both the existing code alongside the new code in production. You'll begin with an introduction to Scientist.NET before installing it and writing your first experiment. Next, you'll learn how to customize the configuration of experiments. Finally, you'll learn how to publish experiment data to SQL Server and analyze experiment results. After completing this course, you'll be ready to start testing new code in production using Scientist.NET before starting to use it.

About the author
Jason Roberts
About the author

With over 15 years experience, Jason Roberts is a Microsoft .NET MVP, freelance developer, and author.

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Course Overview
Hi everyone, my name's Jason Roberts. Welcome to my course, Testing C# Code in Production with Scientist. NET. I'm a Microsoft. NET MVP, freelance developer, and author. In this course, we're going to learn how Scientist. NET can give us greater confidence when releasing new code to the production environment. Some of the major topics that we'll cover in this course include the fundamentals of how Scientist. NET works, the additional benefits it gives us over and above unit testing, how to install and start using it, and also how to create and publish custom reports. By the end of this course, you'll understand the benefits that Scientist. NET offers, and how to use it to gain greater confidence that the code you're going to release to production will actually work in the live production environment. Before beginning the course, you should be familiar writing basic C# code in Visual Studio. I hope you'll join me on this journey with the Testing C# Code in Production with Scientist. NET course at Pluralsight.

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