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C# and .NET Core Test Driven Development

By : Ayobami Adewole
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C# and .NET Core Test Driven Development

By: Ayobami Adewole

Overview of this book

This book guides developers to create robust, production-ready C# 7 and .NET Core applications through the practice of test-driven development process. In C# and .NET Core Test-Driven Development, you will learn the different stages of the TDD life cycle, basics of TDD, best practices, and anti-patterns. It will teach you how to create an ASP.NET Core MVC sample application, write testable code with SOLID principles and set up a dependency injection for your sample application. Next, you will learn the xUnit testing framework and learn how to use its attributes and assertions. You’ll see how to create data-driven unit tests and mock dependencies in your code. You will understand the difference between running and debugging your tests on .NET Core on LINUX versus Windows and Visual Studio. As you move forward, you will be able to create a healthy continuous integration process for your sample application using GitHub, TeamCity, Cake, and Microsoft VSTS. By the end of this book, you will have learned how to write clean and robust code through the effective practice of TDD, set up CI build steps to test and build applications as well as how to package application for deployment on NuGet.
Table of Contents (11 chapters)

Configuring GitHub WebHooks

A WebHook is an event notification delivered through an HTTP POST. A WebHook is often referred to as a web callback or HTTP push API. A WebHook provides a mechanism by which an application delivers data to other applications in real time as they arrive.

A WebHook differs from a regular API in that there is no continuous resource utilization through polling of data to get the latest data. The subscriber or consuming application receives the data when it is available through a URL that must have been registered with the WebHook provider. A WebHook is effective and efficient for both the provider of the data and the consumer.

Consuming WebHooks

To receive notifications or data from a WebHook, the...