Asp.Net Core Integration Testing With Ci/Cd Pipeline

Learn Performance Testing with JMeter and Complete CI/CD Pipeline with GitHub Actions Workflow and Azure Web Apps

What you'll learn

An overview of Integration Testing. Learners will gain a solid understanding of what integration testing is, its importance in software development.

Develop proficiency in designing and implementing integration tests: Learners will learn various strategies for designing effective integration tests.

How to create integration tests using Microsoft ASPNET Core? Learners will delve into the process of setting up test environments and configuring test data .

Usage of XUnit Test framework for integration tests. Learners will learn how to leverage XUnit's features, such as test fixtures, test runners, assertions.

Understand the concept of Mock Repositories. Learners will grasp the concept of simulating data access behavior in tests, isolated and controlled testing

Learn how to use In-Memory Databases for Testing. Learn to employ lightweight, transient databases for efficient and isolated testing.

Develop a robust testing strategy for data access code. Create robust tests for data access code: comprehensive coverage, handle edge cases, data integrity

Gain hands-on experience in conducting integration tests: Through practical exercises, learners will gain hands-on experience in conducting integration tests.

Requirements

To take this course, learners should have the following: Basic understanding of programming concepts and object-oriented principles.

Familiarity with a programming language such as C#, Java, C++ or Python.

Experience with Web development frameworks (e.g., ASPNET, Django, Spring) is beneficial but not mandatory.

Access to a computer with an internet connection to install necessary software and tools.

Integrated Development Environment (IDE) such as Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code

Familiarity with version control systems (e.g., Git) is recommended but not required.

Description

Welcome to "ASP.NET Core Integration Testing with CI/CD Pipeline" a comprehensive course designed to take your software testing and development skills to the next level. Whether you're a novice or an experienced developer, this course is your gateway to mastering integration testing in ASP.NET Core, including advanced topics like performance testing with JMeter and implementing a robust CI/CD pipeline using GitHub Actions Workflow and Azure Web Apps.In this hands-on course, you'll start with the fundamentals of integration testing, understanding its significance in building robust, reliable, and high-performance web applications. You'll dive deep into ASP.NET Core, exploring how to write, run, and automate integration tests effectively.As you progress, you'll learn to leverage JMeter, a powerful performance testing tool, to analyze and optimize your application's speed, scalability, and reliability. You'll gain valuable insights into performance bottlenecks and learn to implement optimizations.One of the course highlights is mastering CI/CD using GitHub Actions Workflow and Azure Web Apps. You'll discover how to automate your entire development and deployment process, ensuring continuous integration, automated testing, and seamless deployment to the Azure cloud.By the end of this course, you'll have a strong grasp of ASP.NET Core integration testing, performance testing with JMeter, and the ability to create a complete CI/CD pipeline using GitHub Actions and Azure Web Apps. This expertise will empower you to deliver high-quality web applications efficiently and with confidence.Whether you're a developer looking to enhance your testing skills or an aspiring DevOps engineer seeking to streamline the deployment process, this course provides you with the knowledge and practical experience needed to excel in the world of ASP.NET Core integration testing and CI/CD automation. Join us today and embark on your journey from a beginner to an advanced integration testing professional.Learning Objectives:Understand the fundamentals of integration testing and its significance.Explore ASP.NET Core for effective integration testing.Learn performance testing using JMeter for application optimization.Implement a complete CI/CD pipeline using GitHub Actions and Azure Web Apps.Gain insights into performance bottlenecks and optimizations.Target Audience:Developers aiming to enhance their testing skills.Aspiring DevOps engineers seeking to streamline deployment processes.Requirements:Basic understanding of ASP.NET Core with C# (at least 6 months) and familiarity with version control (GitHub).Course Format:Lectures, hands-on coding exercises, and real-world applications.Duration: Self-paced with approximately [X] hours of content.Additional materials provided for practical implementation.Instructor:Hi, I'm Kaushik Roy Chowdhury, a Microsoft Certified Professional with over 20 years of commercial experience in the .NET stack of products. I hold a master's degree in computer science from Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand and have worked for multinational companies such as Sungard and Trimble Navigation. My passion lies in software education, and I've extensively taught programming languages like C#, Java, and C in tertiary institutions in New Zealand.Finally, here are some of my earlier reviews from courses on Udemy: • "Kaushik's courses are my main reference for anything C# - I find his explanations full of detail which helps to solidify a full understanding of even the most complex aspects of C# programming." - Martin Catherall (Microsoft MVP) - Master Collection Classes in C# Using Visual Studio • "An elaborate and detailed description for a beginner. The author has put a lot of effort into structuring the content. Certainly proved useful to me as a starter." - Sudeep Ghatak (ASP.NET Core 3 with MVC and MongoDB) • "Great material. Learned a lot." - John Taylor (Master Collection Classes in C# Using Visual Studio) • "Well explained in detail." - Fred Handal (Build and Learn ASP.NET Core 3.1 Blazor Hands-On • "It's a nice introduction into Blazor server side where you got a good understanding of Blazor fundamentals" - Seb Lowe (Build and Learn ASP.NET Core 3.1 Blazor Hands-On) • "One of the best Blazor course" - Mohamed Cisse (Build and Learn ASP.NET Core 3.1 Blazor Hands-On) • "If you're like me and were struggling to setup/use Apigee X because the Google docs were lacking the depth to understand the step you were taking and what to do next, this course is for you! Great beginner Apigee X course, I'm really looking forward to the Intermediate/Advanced course to come" - Garrick Brown (Google Cloud Apigee X API Management - Hands-On Training )"

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 What is Test Driven Development?

Lecture 2 Unit Testing versus Integration Testing

Lecture 3 Introduction to Integration Testing

Lecture 4 Benefits of Integration Testing

Lecture 5 Types of Integration Testing

Lecture 6 Integration Testing with ASP.NET Core

Section 2: Creating the System Under Test (SUT)

Lecture 7 Installing the Pre-requisites

Lecture 8 Creating the SUT (ASP.NET 7 Web API) project

Lecture 9 Install the NuGet Packages

Lecture 10 Why Did We Use SQLite In-memory Database For the SUT?

Lecture 11 Create the Entity Model

Lecture 12 Create the Database Context Class

Lecture 13 Seed the Database

Lecture 14 Create the Model Controller

Lecture 15 Edit the Program Class

Lecture 16 Commit the SUT Project to GitHub

Section 3: Fluent Assertions in Testing

Lecture 17 Introduction to Fluent Assertions

Lecture 18 Setting Up Fluent Assertions

Lecture 19 Basic Assertions with Fluent Assertions

Lecture 20 Advanced Assertions with Fluent Assertions

Lecture 21 Create Custom Person Assertions with Fluent Assertions

Lecture 22 Test the Person Assertions

Lecture 23 Best Practices For Fluent Assertions

Section 4: Integration Testing Of The Database Layer (API Integration Testing)

Lecture 24 Introduction to Integration Testing in the Database Layer

Lecture 25 Get the Todo Api Starter Code from GitHub to Work

Lecture 26 Create a xUnit Test Project

Lecture 27 Integration Test to return a list of Todo Items

Lecture 28 Integration Test to Return a Todo item with a particular Id and a Success Code

Lecture 29 Integration Test to Return a Todo Item with an Id Results in Not Found Status

Lecture 30 Integration Test to Create a Todo Item Should Create a New Todo Item

Lecture 31 Integration Test to Put a Todo Item Should Update the Existing Todo Item

Lecture 32 Integration Test to Delete a Todo Item Deletes an Existing Todo Item

Lecture 33 What type of tests will you classify the ones covered in this section ?

Lecture 34 How do we explain the use of database in tests that don't use dbContext ?

Section 5: Integration Tests for Data Access Code

Lecture 35 Create the ITodoItemRepository Interface

Lecture 36 Create the MockTodoItemRepository Class

Lecture 37 Create Test Class with Infrastructure to Test MockTodoItemRepository

Lecture 38 Integration Test For Verifying Todo Item Retrieval by its ID

Lecture 39 Integration Test For Verifying Todo Item Creation in the Database

Lecture 40 Integration Test For Verifying an Update on a Todo Item to the Database

Lecture 41 Integration Test to Verify the Deletion of a Todo Item

Section 6: Edge Cases and Special Functionalities

Lecture 42 Targeting Specific Functionalities and Edge Cases

Lecture 43 Get Request to Invalid Id Returns Not Found Status Code

Lecture 44 Posting Invalid Input Returns Bad Request

Lecture 45 Updating a request to an Invalid Id Returns Not Found Status Code

Lecture 46 Installing the Pre-requisites for JMeter

Lecture 47 Concurrency Testing: Edge Case GET Request Performance with JMeter

Lecture 48 Adding an Assertion to GET Request

Lecture 49 POST Request Performance With JMeter

Lecture 50 PUT Request Performance With JMeter

Lecture 51 DELETE Request Performance With JMeter

Lecture 52 Testing High Server Load Demands With JMeter

Section 7: Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery/Deployment Using Azure Web Apps

Lecture 53 Introduction to CI/CD

Lecture 54 Setting Up the Development Environment for CI and CD

Lecture 55 Exploring GitHub Actions Hands-On

Lecture 56 Understanding the .NET GitHub Actions Workflow

Lecture 57 Containerization with Docker

Lecture 58 Understanding the Dockerfile

Lecture 59 Docker Hub Integration

Lecture 60 Creating the Continuous Integration Pipeline for the Todo Api Application

Lecture 61 Deploying to Azure Web Apps and Testing Continuous Deployment

Lecture 62 Understanding the Azure Deployment Workflow

Lecture 63 Testing the Complete CI/CD pipeline

Lecture 64 Course Presentation Slide Show

Section 8: Practice Test (On the Entire Course)

This course is designed for software developers and engineers who want to enhance their skills in integration testing of data access code.,It is particularly beneficial for those working on web application development using frameworks such as ASPNET,The course is suitable for learners with a basic understanding of programming concepts and experience with a programming language like C#, C++, Java, or Python,Whether you are a beginner seeking to expand your testing knowledge or an experienced developer looking to improve your testing strategy, this course provides valuable insights and practical guidance to help you effectively test data access code in your projects.