In unit tests, an IoC container rarely enters the mix. In integration tests, or more end-to-end tests, I like to use the exact same configuration for the container as I do in production. Recreating production scenarios and environments in tests … Continue reading →
Suppose you have a test that needs to compare strings. Most test frameworks do a fine job with their default equality assertion. But once in a while, you get a case like this: [Fact]
public void SomeTest()
{
Assert.Equal(“Hard \tto\ncompar…
In the past, I’ve tried various schemes to structure my unit tests but never fell into a consistent approach. Pretty much the only rule I had (which I broke all the time) was to write a test class for each class I tested. I would then fill that class…
The goal of this blog entry is to explain how you can create integration tests for ASP.NET MVC applications by using a combination of Selenium WebDriver and IISExpress. Integration tests are useful when you want to test an entire user story. For exampl…
Given how central JavaScript is to many modern web applications, it is important to use unit tests to drive the design and quality of that JavaScript. But I’ve noticed that there are a lot of developers that don’t know where to start. There are …
Because sometimes your test passes the first time you write it. Either you’re done writing any more code, or your understanding of how your code is supposed to work is wrong. Both paths lead to a better spot than without … Continue reading →
I’m teaching several JavaScript and ASP.NET workshops over the next couple of months (thanks everyone!) and I thought it would be useful for my students to have a really easy to use JavaScript reference. I wanted a simple interactive JavaScript refer…
Awhile back, I talked about 3 simple rules for Rhino Mocks: Use the static MockRepository.GenerateMock method. Don’t use an instance of a MockRepository, and don’t use the GenerateStub method. If the mocked instance method returns a v…
Modern ASP.NET web applications take full advantage of client-side JavaScript to provide better interactivity and responsiveness. If you are building an ASP.NET application in the right way, you quickly end up with lots and lots of JavaScript code. Whe…
A while back I wrote about mocking successive calls to the same method which returns a sequence of objects. Read that post for more context. In that post, I had written up an implementation, but quickly was won over by a better extension method implem…