From Zero to Hero: Integration testing in ASP.NET Core

The types of testing (8:18)

The testing pyramid (3:02)

Why are integration tests so important? (2:19)

Why should you write integration tests? (2:17)

What is in scope for integration testing (3:07)

The project we will be working with (6:40)

The 5 core integration testing steps (2:59)

Project separation (2:39)

Why xUnit? (1:16)

Writing your first integration test (4:51)

Naming in integration tests (2:31)

Arrange, Act, Assert (1:48)

xUnit’s test execution model (3:27)

Test setup (2:04)

Test cleanup (1:53)

Parameterizing tests (5:26)

Ignoring tests (1:18)

Section recap (0:46)

What this section is about (0:31)

Writing fluent assertions (3:19)

Testing strings (2:58)

Testing numbers (2:00)

Testing dates (1:37)

Testing objects (3:32)

Testing enumerables (3:32)

Testing methods that throw Exceptions (2:23)

Testing for raised events (1:29)

Testing private methods (members) (1:24)

Testing internal methods (members) (3:01)

Section recap (0:26)

The problem with integration tests (1:14)

Introducing the WebApplicationFactory (5:06)

Testing status codes (1:58)

Testing text responses (1:31)

Testing JSON responses (1:34)

Testing response headers (1:00)

Creating realistic test data (5:39)

Cleaning up the test data (2:31)

Sharing a single application for multiple test classes (5:32)

Section recap (0:37)

The project we will be writing integration tests for (5:11)

Creating the WebApplicationFactory (3:46)

The problem with data store dependencies (1:19)

Introducing Docker (4:05)

Taking a look at docker compose files (2:49)

Creating a test container for our database (8:04)

The problem with third party API dependencies (1:45)

Introducing WireMock (3:50)

Creating a mocked API server with WireMock (5:57)

Testing: Create a resource (14:39)

Your turn to practice (1:06)

Testing: Getting a resource (4:34)

Testing: Getting all resources (5:05)

Testing: Updating a resource (3:51)

Testing: Deleting resource (1:25)

Testing: API Dependency Is Unavailable (4:36)

Dealing with requests requiring auth (2:12)

Dealing with background services (1:36)

Integration testing Minimal APIs (0:52)

Dealing with Entity Framework (3:10)

Section recap (1:06)

The project we will be writing UI integration tests for (2:15)

What we need to do to test the UI (1:41)

Introducing Playwright (4:12)

How our Docker strategy changes (6:37)

Bootstrapping the test project (7:11)

Testing: Create a resource (14:33)

Testing: Get a resource (6:37)

Your turn to practice (0:48)

Testing: Getting all the resources (3:07)

Testing: Update a resource (5:57)

Testing: Delete a resource (3:46)

Section recap (0:41)

Course conclusion (0:28)