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• Cross Platform Time Zone Handling for ASP.NET Core by Joe Audette.

@bleroy I can suggest a project I have been working on for quite some time now - MyTested.AspNetCore.Mvc - a fluent testing framework for ASP.NET Core MVC. Currently in preview state - written for RC2 and fully supports controller and route tests for now. It is free for individuals, open-source projects, startups and educational institutions. Otherwise it allows up to 500 assertions per test project for free.

Here is a sample controller test written with the library:

// instantiates controller with the registered services
// and sets options for the current test
// and sets session for the current test
// and sets DbContext for the current test
// and tests for added cache entry by the action
// and tests model from view result
MyMvc
    .Controller<MvcController>()
    .WithOptions(options => options
        .For<AppSettings>(settings => settings.Cache = true))
    .WithSession(session => session
        .WithEntry("Session", "SessionValue"))
    .WithDbContext(db => db.WithEntities(entities => entities
        .AddRange(SampleDataProvider.GetModels())))
    .Calling(c => c.SomeAction())
    .ShouldHave()
    .MemoryCache(cache => cache
        .ContainingEntry(entry => entry
            .WithKey("CacheEntry")
            .WithSlidingExpiration(TimeSpan.FromMinutes(10))))
    .AndAlso()
    .ShouldReturn()
    .View()
    .WithModelOfType<ResponseModel>()
    .Passing(m =>
    {
        Assert.AreEqual(1, m.Id);
        Assert.AreEqual("Some property value", m.SomeProperty);
    });

And here is a sample route test:

// tests a route for correct controller, action and resolved route values
MyMvc
    .Routes()
    .ShouldMap(request => request
        .WithLocation("/My/Action/1")
        .WithMethod(HttpMethod.Post)
        .WithAuthenticatedUser()
        .WithAntiForgeryToken()
        .WithJsonBody(new
        {
            Integer = 1,
            String = "Text"
        }))
    .To<MyController>(c => c.Action(1, new MyModel
    {
        Integer = 1,
        String = "Text"
    }))
    .AndAlso()
    .ToValidModelState();

And finally - this is the official web site: https://mytestedasp.net/

ASP.NET Core Fluent Interface Extensions

I wrote a post about reloading application settings when the file changes - it only applies to RC2 (removed for RTM) but will be back again soon!

Reloading strongly typed Options on file changes in ASP.NET Core RC2

Thanks Bertrand, love this newsletter!