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 database.- Database Testing with ADO.Net.- Database Testing Overview.- Common ADO.Net classes.- Writing to an Access DB.- Writing to an SQL DB.- Writing to an XML File.- Lab: Create a Windows App that reads data from last labs Database and Writes to an XML file.- Creating Setup Automation Utilities with a Console Application.- File System Management (review).- Installation automation with Console Apps.- Lab: Automate an Xcopy Installation Script for the 'Registry management' Utility we made.- Using Database Scripts with SQL Server.- Lab: Automating Database Setup for the 'Collecting OS information' Utility.- Creating Test Utilities in a Web Application (ASP.Net).- Using Common Web Controls (Text, Combo, Radio, List).- Client Side vs. Server Side Code.- Using Trace features.- Web.config and Machine.config file settings.- Lab: Using Trace Utilities.- Logging User and Web Server Data to a Database.- Lab: Capture Web App Data.- Creating Testing Reports.- Importing Log files (using csv files).- Creating Web and Windows Reports.- Using Office Pivot Tables and Charts.- Lab: Create a Multi-Form Report using the DataGrid, Office Pivot Tables, and Office Charts.