A Tester's Guide to .NET Programming

Understanding .Net Testing choices.- Outlines the 3 types of .Net Apps(Console, Web(ASP.Net),and Windows) and how they are used for testing.- Choosing a .Net language (Point them to the Tutorials in the back if they need them).- Overview of Testing Terms (Whitebox, BlackBox, Regression, etc.).- Discuss 'When to Automate' Topic.- Lab: Create 3 simple Apps(Console, Web, and Windows).- Storing Test Data (a simple overview).- Documenting your Tests.- Text Files.- Lab: Create a Simple Console App that writes to a text file.- The Registry.- Lab: Create a Simple Windows App that writes to the Registry.- Databases.- Lab: Create a Simple Web App that writes to a Access database.- Overview of the .Net Error handling.- Syntax, Run-time, and Logic errors.- How Try-Catch blocks work.- Using Debug and trace to get debugging information.- The Debugging windows.- Breakpoints.- The Exception Class.- Throwing Exceptions.- Lab: Using the VS.Net debugging tools.- Creating Test Utilities in a Windows Application.- Building a simple test application using procedures.- Describing the purpose of scope within procedures.- Logging an Automated testing project.- The SendKeys.- Adding timing to your test scripts.- Lab: Creating an automation application.- Objects and Classes in Net.- Unit, Component, and Integration testing.- Why Testers need to know about software components.- How applications are broken into Components.- White-Box and Black-Box testing.- What Classes and Objects are?- The difference between properties and methods.- DLL and EXE.- Some of the differences between COM and .Net. -What is N-Tier Architecture? - How the Object Browser is used to examine Classes.- Creating the 'Bug Reporter' application with components.- Testing with the Windows Registry.- Introduction to the Windows Registry.- Lab: Create the 'Registry Management' Utility.- Testing with the Windows API.- Introduction to the Windows API.- Lab: Create a 'Collecting OS information' Utility and write it data to a

Mary Romero Sweeney has been developing, using, and testing software systems for over 20 years for companies including Boeing, and Software Test Labs. She authored Visual Basic for Testers and speaks frequently at major software testing conferences. Mary is a college professor and also performs independent consultation and training through her company, Sammamish Software. She has degrees in mathematics and computer science from Seattle University, is an MCP in SQL Server, and is on the board and faculty of the International Institute for Software Testing.