Over the next four weeks I will be posting a lot about NUnit and Unit Testing in .NET as I learn about both. I have never used NUnit nor done any unit testing on my own applications, so this is a new experience for me.
I watched a really good beginner Microsoft webcast this morning, called MSDN Architecture Webcast: patterns & practices Live: Test Driven Development - Level 200. Jim Newkirk gives the webcast and does an excellent job introducing Test Driven Development and giving a couple of basic demonstrations on NUnit.
Here is the description of the webcast:
In Kent Beck's book titled "Test-Driven Development, By Example" he defines Test-Driven Development (TDD) as driving software development with automated tests. He goes further by stating that TDD is governed by two simple rules: Write new code only if an automated test has failed and eliminate duplication. The implications of these two simple rules can proffer a profound change to the way that software is written. Most of the literature to date has bundled TDD along with Extreme Programming (XP). However, the benefits of using TDD are not limited to XP, and can be realized in any programming methodology. This webcast will provide an introduction into TDD, demonstrating how it works and what benefits it provides when used with Microsoft® .NET. The examples shown will use Visual C#® and NUnit.
I highly recommend the webcast for people who want a quick introduction. View the on-demand webcast here.