You're reading from Tools and Skills for .NET 8 Get the career you want with good practices and patterns to design, debug, and test your solutions 

Product type Paperback

Published in Jul 2024

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781837635207

Length 778 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Tools

.NET

Concepts

Cloud Native

Author (1):

Mark J. Price

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Table of Contents (22) Chapters

Preface

1. Introducing Tools and Skills for .NET

2. Making the Most of the Tools in Your Code Editor FREE CHAPTER

3. Source Code Management Using Git

4. Debugging and Memory Troubleshooting

5. Logging, Tracing, and Metrics for Observability

6. Documenting Your Code, APIs, and Services

7. Observing and Modifying Code Execution Dynamically

8. Protecting Data and Apps Using Cryptography

9. Building an LLM-Based Chat Service

10. Dependency Injection, Containers, and Service Lifetime

11. Unit Testing and Mocking

12. Integration and Security Testing

13. Benchmarking Performance, Load, and Stress Testing

14. Functional and End-to-End Testing of Websites and Services

15. Containerization Using Docker

16. Cloud-Native Development Using .NET Aspire

17. Design Patterns and Principles

18. Software and Solution Architecture Foundations

19. Your Career, Teamwork, and Interviews

20. Epilogue

21. Index

Mocking in tests

Mocking in unit tests is a technique used to isolate the unit of code being tested by replacing its dependencies with controlled, pre-configured substitutes known as “mocks.” This allows the developer to focus on testing the specific functionality of the unit without interference from its dependencies.

The key concepts of mocking include the following:

Isolation: The primary purpose of mocking is to isolate the unit of code under test. This isolation ensures that the test is focused only on the behavior of the unit itself, rather than on the behavior of its dependencies. By using mocks, you create a controlled environment where you can precisely control the inputs and outputs of the dependencies.
Substitutes for real objects: These include:
- Mocks, which are stand-ins for the real objects that the unit under test interacts with. They mimic the behavior of real objects but are configured to return specific values or perform...