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Architecting ASP.NET Core Applications

You're reading from   Architecting ASP.NET Core Applications An atypical design patterns guide for .NET 8, C# 12, and beyond

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781805123385
Length 806 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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Table of Contents (27) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Principles and Methodologies FREE CHAPTER
2. Introduction 3. Automated Testing 4. Architectural Principles 5. REST APIs 6. Section 2: Designing with ASP.NET Core
7. Minimal APIs 8. Model-View-Controller 9. Strategy, Abstract Factory, and Singleton Design Patterns 10. Dependency Injection 11. Application Configuration and the Options Pattern 12. Logging Patterns 13. Section 3: Component Patterns
14. Structural Patterns 15. Behavioral Patterns 16. Operation Result Pattern 17. Section 4: Application Patterns 18. Layering and Clean Architecture 19. Object Mappers 20. Mediator and CQS Patterns 21. Getting Started with Vertical Slice Architecture 22. Request-EndPoint-Response (REPR) 23. Introduction to Microservices Architecture 24. Modular Monolith 25. Other Books You May Enjoy
26. Index

Arrange, Act, Assert

Arrange, Act, Assert (AAA or 3A) is a well-known method for writing readable tests. This technique allows you to clearly define your setup (arrange), the operation under test (act), and your assertions (assert). One efficient way to use this technique is to start by writing the 3A as comments in your test case and then write the test code in between. Here is an example:

[Fact]
public void Should_be_equals()
{
    // Arrange
    var a = 1;
    var b = 2;
    var expectedResult = 3;
    // Act
    var result = a + b;
    // Assert
    Assert.Equal(expectedResult, result);
}

Of course, that test case cannot fail, but the three blocks are easily identifiable with the 3A comments.In general, you want the Act block of your unit tests to be a single line, making the test focus clear. If you need more than one line, the chances are that something is wrong in the test or the design.

When the tests are very small (only a few lines), removing the comments might help readability...

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