The Problem: Looking to unit test an [HttpPost] method in an [Authorize]d API controller I ran into a predicament. My method has references to this.User and I found myself needing to mock the current user/claims principal. I looked through the API and nothing worked, this.User is read-only. I looked at the https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/mvc/controllers/testing and there were no suggestions other … Continue reading Unit testing controllers with [Authorize] attribute in ASP.NET core
Angular Code Coverage in Sonar Qube and VSTS
To illustrate how to get this task done, I'll be working with a brand new Angular CLI project. The final code for this project can be found on my GitHub repo found at https://github.com/pcalchi/SonarAngularDemo. This is what the final build process looks like. Using a hosted build agent is an option but I highly recommend using … Continue reading Angular Code Coverage in Sonar Qube and VSTS
Integrating Angular-CLI into the VSTS build process and achieving optimal performance
Recently it’s been brought to my attention that an Angular 2 application I wrote was almost 1mb in size. My application has a Bootstrap 3.0 dependency which is a likely contributing factor. The concern (rightfully so) is that this may be contributing to a low conversion rate on our website; particularly on mobile devices. Keep … Continue reading Integrating Angular-CLI into the VSTS build process and achieving optimal performance
Integrating DevExtreme into an Angular CLI project
I’m a big fan of the Angular 2 framework, DevExtreme controls and most of all, Angular CLI. Luckily the folks at DevExpress (makers of DevExtreme) have been nice enough to provide Angular 2 directives for their controls in an NPM package called devextreme-angular2. Unfortunately, all of the existing code samples provided by DevExpress are based … Continue reading Integrating DevExtreme into an Angular CLI project
MVC6 Integration Testing With AntiForgery
The source code for this post can be found on my GitHub repository. It was developed using only RC1-final packages. I will update the code once RC2-final becomes available. As you all know by now ASP.Net core (ASP.Net 5) and MVC6 is now in RC1. With this release there are PLENTY of changes when compared to the … Continue reading MVC6 Integration Testing With AntiForgery
Isaac Martinez 