You're essentially looking for unit testing. In C#, I am partial to nunit, though there are other testing suites, and they all do roughly the same thing.
Here's a breakdown of an nunit test:
[TestFixture] // 2 public class CalculatorTests // 1 { [Test] // 4 public void Sum_of_two_numbers() // 3 { // Arrange double first = 10; double second = 20; var calculator = new Calculator(); // Act double result = calculator.Sum(first, second); // Assert Assert.Equal(30, result); } }
Comments:
- A class serves as a container for a series of tests.
- The
TextFixture attribute lets Nunit know about (1). Test frameworks do automated discovery of tests. - The name of the unit test.
- The
[Test] attribute tells Nunit that we are declaring a test. - The ARRANGE section of a test creates the conditions for the test. This setup is trivial, but the arrange section can be quite complex!
- The ACT section of a test actually runs the test or tests.
- The ASSERT section makes sure that the appropriate result(s) took place.
If you want a web tool that simplifies your workflow tremendously, you can use something like GitHub Classroom or CodingRooms, which will both accept submissions and apply the tests automatically (and give you a nice readout as well!), though be aware that these are both paid platforms. (I was especially impressed by CodingRooms at a workshop I attended.)
