You need unit tests if you want to know if your app is really and truly working. The problem is that it’s not always easy to do. In this course, Architecting an ASP.NET Core MVC Application for Unit Testability, you will gain the ability to design your apps for testability. First, you will learn about the architectural design patterns that help make your application easy to test, refactor, and maintain. Next, you will discover how to apply these architectural design patterns in order to implement testable ASP.NET Model-View-Controller code and testable database code using Entity Framework Core. Finally, you will explore how to apply these design patterns to create testable security code, validation code, and Web API code. When you are finished with this course, you will have the skills and knowledge of software architecture and unit testing needed to design your ASP.NET Core apps for testability.
Author Name: Benjamin Day
Author Description:
Benjamin Day is a consultant and trainer specializing in software development best practices using Microsoft’s development tools with an emphasis on Team Foundation Server, Scrum, and Windows Azure. He is a Microsoft Visual Studio ALM MVP, a certified Scrum trainer via Scrum.org, and a speaker at conferences such as TechEd, DevTeach, and VSLive. When not developing software, Ben’s been known to go running and kayaking in order to balance out his love of cheese, cured meats, and champagne. He can… more

Table of Contents

• Course Overview
  2mins
• What Should I Test?
  38mins
• Using Abstraction to Test the User Interface
  65mins
• Overthrowing the Tyranny of the Database with Repository and Adapter Patterns
  73mins
• Leveraging the Strategy Pattern to Encapsulate Business Logic
  38mins
• Invoking the Right Logic and Loading the Correct Page
  24mins
• Testing Security: Authorization & Policies
  49mins
• Testing Security: Custom Logic & Middleware
  34mins
• Validating Your Web API Service Code
  21mins