Nikolay Kostov's Blog

Lecture about unit testing. The video is recorded in 2014 in Bulgarian and is part of the high-quality code course.

Topics covered:

• Testing pyramid?
• What is Unit Testing?
• Code and Test vs. Test Driven Development
• Unit testing Frameworks
  • Visual Studio Team Test
  • Nunit
  • Gallio
• Unit Testing Best Practices

Lecture about code tuning and optimization. The video is recorded in 2015 in Bulgarian and is part of the high-quality code course.

Topics covered:

• Computer Performance
• Code Tuning
• dotTrace
• C# Optimizations

Lecture about high-quality use of exceptions and defensive programming. The video is recorded in 2015 in Bulgarian and is part of the high-quality code course.

Topics covered:

• What is Defensive Programming?
• Assertions and Debug.Assert(…)
• Exceptions Handling Principles
• Error Handling Strategies

Lecture about proper and high-quality use of classes. The video is recorded in 2015 in Bulgarian and is part of the high-quality code course.

Topics covered:

• Basic Principles
  • Cohesion, Coupling,Inheritance, Polymorphism
• High-Quality Classes
  • Good Abstraction, Correct Encapsulation, Correct Inheritance
  • Class Methods, Constructors, Data
  • Good Reasons to Create a Class
• Typical Mistakes to Avoid in OO Design

Lecture about proper and high-quality use of methods. The video is recorded in 2015 in Bulgarian and is part of the high-quality code course.

Topics covered:

• Why Do We Need Methods?
• Strong Cohesion
• Loose Coupling
• Methods Parameters
• Pseudo Code