Testing web services using xUnit
There are multiple ways to test web services:
- Automatically using testing frameworks like xUnit, NUnit, and MSTest.
- Manually using HTTP request editors like REST Client for VS Code or HTTP Editor in Visual Studio.
- Manually using GUI tools like Postman, NSwag, or Swagger UI.
Warning!
Swagger UI integration using the Swashbuckle package has been removed from the ASP.NET Core 9 project templates. You can learn more about this at the following link: https://github.com/dotnet/aspnetcore/issues/54599. The ASP.NET Core team has replaced the OpenAPI document generation with a built-in feature, but they have no plans to replace the Swagger UI for testing.
Unit testing using xUnit
xUnit.net, often simply referred to as xUnit, is a popular unit testing framework for the .NET ecosystem. xUnit has been specifically designed to address some of the limitations found in older testing frameworks...
