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Software Architecture with C# 9 and .NET 5

You're reading from   Software Architecture with C# 9 and .NET 5 Architecting software solutions using microservices, DevOps, and design patterns for Azure

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781800566040
Length 700 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Gabriel Baptista Gabriel Baptista
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Francesco Abbruzzese Francesco Abbruzzese
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Preface 1. Understanding the Importance of Software Architecture 2. Non-Functional Requirements FREE CHAPTER 3. Documenting Requirements with Azure DevOps 4. Deciding the Best Cloud-Based Solution 5. Applying a Microservice Architecture to Your Enterprise Application 6. Azure Service Fabric 7. Azure Kubernetes Service 8. Interacting with Data in C# – Entity Framework Core 9. How to Choose Your Data Storage in the Cloud 10. Working with Azure Functions 11. Design Patterns and .NET 5 Implementation 12. Understanding the Different Domains in Software Solutions 13. Implementing Code Reusability in C# 9 14. Applying Service-Oriented Architectures with .NET Core 15. Presenting ASP.NET Core MVC 16. Blazor WebAssembly 17. Best Practices in Coding C# 9 18. Testing Your Code with Unit Test Cases and TDD 19. Using Tools to Write Better Code 20. Understanding DevOps Principles 21. Challenges of Applying CI Scenarios 22. Automation for Functional Tests 23. Answers 24. Another Book You May Enjoy
25. Index

Understanding the purpose of functional tests

In Chapter 18, Testing Your Code with Unit Test Cases and TDD, we discussed the advantages of automatic tests, how to design them, and their challenges. Functional tests use the same techniques and tools as unit and integration tests but differ from them in that they are run only at the end of each sprint. They have the fundamental role of verifying that the current version of the whole software complies with its specifications.

Since functional tests also involve the user interface (UI), they need further tools to simulate, somehow, the way the user acts in the UI. We will discuss this point further throughout the chapter. The need for extra tools is not the only challenge the UI brings with it, because UIs also see frequent and major changes. Thus, we mustn't design tests that depend on the UI's graphical details or we might be forced to completely rewrite all the tests at each UI change. That's why it is sometimes...

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