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Testing with EF Core 2

When creating an application that uses EF Core you’ll quickly wonder how you can test your code. In this course you’ll learn about strategies that can help with testing your code by using in-memory database providers like InMemory and SQLite.

Intermediate
1h 13m
(98)

Created by Kevin Dockx

Last Updated Oct 01, 2025

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Testing with EF Core 2

When creating an application that uses EF Core you’ll quickly wonder how you can test your code. In this course you’ll learn about strategies that can help with testing your code by using in-memory database providers like InMemory and SQLite.

Intermediate
1h 13m
(98)

Created by Kevin Dockx

Last Updated Oct 01, 2025

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What you'll learn

In this course, Testing with EF Core, you will learn how EF Core can help with testing code that relies on calls into your database. First, you will learn about different ways of testing your application. Next, you will discover how in-memory database providers like InMemory and SQLite can help with improving your tests. Finally, you will explore how to isolate your tests and how to enhance Test Explorer with logs coming from EF Core. When you're finished with this course, you will have the skills and knowledge of EF Core needed to improve your tests and thus the reliability of your code.

Testing with EF Core 2
Intermediate
1h 13m
(98)
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Kevin Dockx
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Kevin Dockx is a freelance solution architect (mobile/web), author & consultant, living in Antwerp (Belgium).

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