---
title: "Database and data layer testing techniques at ALT.NET - slides and code"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2007/10/10/database-and-data-layer-testing-techniques-at-altnet-slides.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2007/10/10/database-and-data-layer-testing-techniques-at-altnet-slides.html"
published: "2007-10-10T04:39:36"
updated: "2007-10-10T04:39:36"
tags: ["Agile", "altnet", "altnetconf"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "I contributed some material to the session about Database and data layer testing techniques at ALT.NET. The slides and code I used at ALT.NET are the same ones I used at DevTeach, so you can download them here ."
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
---

# Database and data layer testing techniques at ALT.NET - slides and code

By Roy Osherove October 10, 2007 In [Agile](https://osherove.com/blog/category/agile), [altnet](https://osherove.com/blog/category/altnet), [altnetconf](https://osherove.com/blog/category/altnetconf)

**Historical article** · Originally published October 10, 2007; technical details may be outdated.

I contributed some material to the session about Database and data layer testing techniques at ALT.NET.

The slides and code I used at ALT.NET are the same ones I used at DevTeach, so [you can download them here](http://weblogs.asp.net/rosherove/archive/2007/05/15/slides-and-demos-for-talk-techniques-for-testing-data-access-code.aspx).

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## About the author

**Roy Osherove**: Senior Solutions Architect at AWS working on AI for production and AI-driven development; author of The Art of Unit Testing and Elastic Leadership, with about 20 years of consulting and training on unit testing, TDD, team leadership and continuous delivery.

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Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page). License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/