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ASP.NET Core in Action, Second Edition
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ASP.NET Core in Action, Second Edition

by Andrew Lock
May 2021
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
832 pages
25h 39m
English
Manning Publications
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23 Testing your application

This chapter covers

  • Creating unit test projects with xUnit
  • Writing unit tests for custom middleware and API controllers
  • Using the Test Host package to write integration tests
  • Testing your real application’s behavior with WebApplicationFactory
  • Testing code dependent on EF Core with the in-memory database provider

When I first started programming, I didn’t understand the benefits of automated testing. It involved writing so much more code—wouldn’t it be more productive to be working on new features instead? It was only when my projects started getting bigger that I appreciated the advantages. Instead of having to manually run my app and test each scenario, I could press Play on a suite of tests and have my code tested ...

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