Learning Paths¶

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I'm new to Compono¶

1. What is Compono?
2. Installation
3. Your First Composed Theory
4. The Composition Model
5. Registrations and Rules
6. How-to Guides — pick the task closest to what you're building.

I'm migrating from AutoFixture¶

1. Migrating from AutoFixture
2. The Composition Model
3. Shared Values — the [Shared] alternative to Freeze<T>().
4. Profiles — the alternative to AutoDataAttribute customizations.
5. Determinism and Seeding — how reproducing a failure differs from AutoFixture's approach.

I use xUnit¶

1. Your First Composed Theory
2. Compono.XunitV3 Package Guide
3. Write a Composed Theory
4. Share a Value Across a Test
5. Use Profiles

I use NSubstitute¶

1. Providers
2. Compono.NSubstitute Package Guide
3. Share a Value Across a Test — sharing a composed substitute across several parameters.

I want realistic data¶

1. Compono.Bogus Package Guide
2. Customize a Member — combining a Compono.Bogus convention with an explicit member rule.
3. Cookbook — narrow recipes like "generate a realistic email."

I want to extend Compono¶

1. Providers
2. Public API — the ICompositionValueProvider extensibility contract.
3. Architecture — the resolution pipeline a custom provider participates in.

Next¶

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