ASP.NET MVC Tip #33 - Unit Test LINQ to SQL

In this tip, I demonstrate how to unit test the LINQ to SQL DataContext object by creating a Fake DataContext. You can perform standard LINQ to SQL inserts, updates, deletes and LINQ queries against the Fake DataContext. I’ve struggled for the past couple of months with different methods of unit testing MVC controllers that return and update database data. I want an easy way of unit testing the database access code in my ASP.NET MVC applications. I almost gave up until Rob Conery stopped by my office and showed me an easy method of performing LINQ to SQL queries against a standard collection. Once I made it over that hurdle, the rest of the process of building the FakeDataContext class was straightforward (thanks Rob!). In this tip, I...(read more)

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