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Figure 3.3
Running tests in NUnit.
programming methodologies and practices try to improve the software devel-
opment process.
Pragmatic programming is the ability to finish a program satisfactorily within a
desired timeframe. It is a development method that emphasizes creating a
minimal version of the program as quickly as possible and then iteratively de-
veloping this program until it starts to resemble the original vision. Pragmatic
programming has two main guidelines known as DRY and KISS. DRY stands for
''Don't Repeat Yourself,'' and KISS stands for ''Keep It Simple Stupid''; together
these mean you should avoid duplicating code or functionality and you should
avoid the temptation to over-complicate your programs.
Source control is used to keep your code safe and allow multiple developers to
work on the same project at the same time. Unit testing is the practice of writing
small tests that confirm your code is working as expected. These small tests help
document how the code base should be used and are also used to catch any bugs
that might be introduced when making large changes to the code. These tools
and guidelines help to make software creation easier and help to make the final
product more elegant and robust.