Category Archives: Architecture

Unit testing your Repositories

Posted on 26 April 2016 by Gaston

The problem We have created our data layer, and of course we want to test it. It is very hard to use a (physical) database to test your code. There are some problems with this (commonly used) approach: Unit tests … Continue reading →

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Using the repository pattern

Posted on 21 March 2016 by Gaston

In most applications database access is necessary. In .NET there are 2 main ways of doing this: ADO.NET or using the Entity Framework. Of course there are great 3rd party libraries like NHibernate that do the trick as well, and … Continue reading →

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Handling a “Microservices” Project

Posted on 7 March 2016 by Gaston

I’m currently working on a big application that has been built up using microservices. The application is composed of small(ish) apps that compose the application. The idea is that these small apps work together to create the final application. This … Continue reading →

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