https://github.com/jernejk/mixedefcoreunittesting

When doing unit tests for EF Core, we can use in-memory-database to test functionalities but sometimes we needs to use SQL features. That's where SQLite comes into play.
https://github.com/jernejk/mixedefcoreunittesting

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When doing unit tests for EF Core, we can use in-memory-database to test functionalities but sometimes we needs to use SQL features. That's where SQLite comes into play.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/jernejk/mixedefcoreunittesting
• Owner: jernejk
• Created: 2018-02-19T08:45:23.000Z (about 7 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2023-12-01T07:18:16.000Z (about 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-05-02T05:13:53.041Z (10 months ago)
• Topics: dotnetcore3, efcore, in-memory-database, samples, sqlite, unit-testing
• Language: C#
• Homepage: https://jkdevblog.wordpress.com/2018/02/27/net-core-complex-ef-core-unit-testing/
• Size: 3.03 MB
• Stars: 9
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md

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**UPDATE December 2023:** Updated for .NET 8! While the talk is originally for EF Core 2.1, majority of the points as well as code is still relevant in EF Core 8!

# Mixed EF Core unit testing with in-memory and SQLite DBs

When doing unit tests for EF Core, we can use in-memory-database to test functionalities but sometimes we needs to use SQL features. That's where SQLite comes into play.

When running the tests, 2 tests will fail:

- InMemoryDbTests.ShouldFailWhenIncludeIsNotUsed

- InMemoryDbTests.ShouldNotBeAbleToExecuteSql

This is intended to demonstrate when and why EF Core In-Memory DB provider won't work and SQLite is a better choice.

## Original content for this source code

Original blog post: [.NET Core complex EF Core unit testing](https://jkdev.me/ef-core-unit-tests/) (February 2018)

[![EF Core Unit Testing with SQLite YouTube video](/assets/blog-ef-core-deb-2018-yt.png)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PppmuvsFO78)

## Additional content on C# unit tests and EF Core 

[![Making unit tests simple again with .Net Core and EF Core | Jernej Kavka at DDD Sydney 2018](/assets/ddd-sydney-2018-ef-core-unit-tests-yt.png)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PppmuvsFO78)