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Week 6 - Testing APIs and DBs with xUnit
This past week I dived deep in to testing and test driven development. I felt that I had a surface level understanding of testing and I hoped to deepen my understanding while also developing useful skills for my development process. I also brushed up on middleware, endpoint filters, and input validation in controllers (finished out the Microsoft backend for beginners video playlist).
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Week 5 - Building .NET API With Persistent Data
What did you do last week?
Last week brought some unexpected challenges, our baby was home sick and my wife threw out her back. I managed to make progress learning Entity Framework Core, .NET Core’s ORM (Object Relational Mapping) tool for working with databases. I completed a tutorial which demonstrated using EF Core with a SQLite database and explored two approaches: code first (C# Objects to Relational db) and database first (db to C# Objects).
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Week 4 - Building My First .NET Core API
What did you do last week?
This past week I spent some time working on my main personal website getting to know working in Jekyll and the theme Minimal Mistakes.
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Week 3 - Building CLI App
What did you do last week?
This past week I submitted my proposal and discussed feedback. I added a section that includes a fallback weekly schedule in case I lose track of what to work on. I responded to 3 of my peers proposals as well.
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Week 2 - Firming Up Scope
What did you do last week?
This past week I focused on finalizing my project proposal and narrowing the scope and tech stack. I explored multiple backend frameworks, courses, and tutorials while weighing the trade-offs between building a full stack application via the Full Stack Open curriculum versus focusing on a more minimal, backend-only API using an enterprise-grade framework. Since my goals and interests aligned most with backend, I decided to focus my time there for this course.
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Week 1 - Launch
This progress report is longer than usual, as it covers the month of exploration prior to the official project kickoff.
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