Advanced ASP.NET Core: Unit Testing

Write automated tests for your personal or commercial ASP.NET Core apps. Learn how to unit test ASP.NET Core console, Web API, and MVC apps.

Introduction

• Unit testing ASP.NET Core apps
• What you should know

1. Get Started with Unit Testing

• Application testing strategies
• Why unit testing?
• Understand the MSTest framework
• Understand the NUnit framework
• Understand the xUnit framework
• Decide between the frameworks

2. Console Applications

• ASP.NET Core console project overview
• Set up the console testing project
• xUnit Theory with InlineData
• Challenge: Test add and average methods
• Solution: Test add and average methods
• xUnit Theory with MemberData
• xUnit Theory with ClassData

3. Web API Applications

• ASP.NET Core web API project overview
• Set up web API testing project
• Unit testing HttpGet API endpoint
• Challenge: Test HttpGet API endpoint with id
• Solution: Test HttpGet API endpoint with id
• Unit testing HttpPost API endpoint
• Unit testing HttpDelete API endpoint

4. MVC Applications

• ASP.NET Core MVC project overview
• Set up MVC testing project
• Unit testing index ActionResult
• Challenge: Unit testing details ActionResult
• Solution: Unit testing details ActionResult
• Unit testing create ActionResult
• Unit testing remove ActionResult

Conclusion

• Where to go next