John Welch
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John Welch works at SentryOne, where he leads the development of a suite of products that empower the Microsoft data professional to achieve breakthrough performance in their solutions.
SQLBits 2012
Unit Testing SSIS Packages
Unit testing is incredibly beneficial, but is very difficult to do effectively in SSIS. If you have wanted to do this, but aren't sure how, this session will cover the options and demonstrate a free tool for unit testing packages.
Unit testing is a widely accepted best practice, yet it is
difficult to do well with SSIS packages. This session will focus on both the
practice of test driven development as it applies to SSIS, and the tools for
actually implementing it. It will cover in depth how to set up your development
environment to support test driven development and what techniques can be used
to make this practical for SSIS. You will also see how to automate the testing
of SSIS packages, using the open source ssisUnit framework. The session will cover
several of the common questions about automated unit testing, including how to
handle test data, how to set up the environment for multiple developers, how to
make tests flexible, and how to ensure that the tests remain valuable over time.