Recently I had an interesting MongoDB query that I wanted to write. I had a document that contained a list, and I wanted to query a specific item out of the list, returning only the fields that I wanted. Here’s a similar dataset: In this example, many different records may be created under the same … [Read more…]
MongoDB is a pretty cool document database that allows you to just toss data into a database without worrying too much about a schema. It’s not quite that easy, of course, because your code might be looking for specific properties, but its simpler than being stuck to a rigid schema. Lists and stuff Recently I … [Read more…]
Recently I was having an issue where a parameter being passed in to my WebAPI call was not being populated correctly. Theoretically all you need to do is add [FromBody] to the route, and it will automatically populate the object from the HTTP message’s body… but that wasn’t working for me Turns out this IS … [Read more…]
In the last blog post I talked about how to use Moq’s built in SetupSequence to create a “chain” of actions to execute for subsequent calls of the same mocked method. This works great for the simple case, but falls down when you have to do something a little more complicated like, say, issue a … [Read more…]
Say that you’re unit testing and you want a mocked interface to behave differently for different calls to the same method. I was trying to test a TCP listener loop – a TcpListener waits for an incoming connection, does something with it, and then goes back to listening. In essence, the loop will last until … [Read more…]
Sometimes I want to unit test the pieces of my code that are close to the transport layer, but often they are so close to the metal that it is hard to separate them. There’s really not a great way to abstract out the communication layer, so you just have to bite the bullet and … [Read more…]
Have you ever wanted to have a web server to just return 200 OK no matter what it is fed? Basically, a web server to just say: No matter what? Recently I was working on a solution that was logging to a server that I didn’t have access to because I wasn’t inside of the … [Read more…]
Recently I’ve been building out something that is very configurable. Tons of different settings, switches, numbers… you name it. Its nice to have things split out into areas of concern – that is, different interfaces identifying the configuration settings pertinent to a particular thing – but then you end up with all of these things … [Read more…]
Reflection is kind of like black magic, and whenever I use it I feel like some kind of wizard. The ability to look into objects and even invoke private methods is pretty darn powerful. It’s not all that magical, of course, since it is built into the framework… however, you should still be careful because … [Read more…]
I’ve found this guide on creating an Angular 4 inside of .NET core very helpful. One of the steps is to set up .NET core to serve static files: However, if you add routing to Angular 4, there’s an additional step that will allow your routes to resolve correctly in the angular application if a … [Read more…]