Every now and again I find it necessary to set up the request body manually (as opposed to using the [FromBody] tag). In the controller you can read from the request body easily enough: via GIPHY Testing How do you test this? Normally I would just create a controller, call the method, and check the … [Read more…]
In the last post I talked about using and extending IActionResult to return your preferred HttpStatus code in your ASP.NET MVC controllers. But how do you write unit tests that make sure that you’re returning what you expect? Your controllers will return one of these: IActionResult There’s nothing on this interface that you can easily … [Read more…]
When I’m designing a RESTful API, I like to use the correct verbs for the correct actions, and return HTTP status codes that convey the correct message. Sure, its easy to just return a 200 OK for everything, but its a little more useful to return 204 No Content if your client shouldn’t navigate away … [Read more…]
As far as backend technologies are concerned, I really like ASP.NET and Web API. It is really easy to set up, and basically anything can talk HTTP. For front end development, I have grown to really really enjoy AngularJS. As far as an IDE is concerned, I really like Visual Studio. The problem that I’ve … [Read more…]