Part 4: Testing and Deployment
In this part, you will explore the critical aspects of testing, packaging, and deploying CLI applications. You'll learn various strategies for testing CLI tools, including unit testing individual components. Next, you'll delve into packaging your CLI application for distribution, using the most commonly used mechanisms such as Docker, .NET Tool, and Winget. You'll understand how to specify entry points, define dependencies, and structure your project for optimal packaging. Finally, you'll explore deployment methods, learning how to distribute your CLI tool through package managers and ensure it works consistently across different environments.
This part has the following chapters:
- Chapter 10, Testing CLI Applications
- Chapter 11, Packaging and Deployment
