Tag Archives: unit-test

Unit testing model validation with MVC’s DataAnnotations

In a previous post, I mentioned that model validation should be tested separately from controller logic. I will demonstrate a way of unit testing the validation of models implemented with System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations. It is actually quire easy to unit test model validation. Models are inherently easy to test separately due to their POD (Plain Old Data) nature. […]

Unit test equality is not domain equality

I came across a question on stackoverflow concerning comparing object for equality in unit test. The poster basically wants to get rid of series of assertions like this:

I agree, this is ugly. The more so if you have multiple tests that assert on the equality of these properties. You can always factor it […]

Asp.Net MVC: Testing your controller actions

I can’t say I like all the aspects of Microsoft ASP.Net MVC. But there is one aspect that I like though is the ability to unit test most of the components of your application. Standard ASP.Net did not prevent you from testing your application. However, the framework and documentation did not encourage you to organize […]