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Unit Testing Umami.Net - Logging in ASP.NET Core

I'm a relative noob using Moq (yes I'm aware of the controversies) and I was trying to test a new service I'm adding to Umami.Net, UmamiData. This is a service this allows me to pull data from my Umami instance to use in stuff like sorting posts by popularity…

Stress-Free Interviewing of Software Developers

This is Part 1 of the series. Part 2: What Actually Works? reviews the research behind developer interviews and explores a proposed skill-ledger approach. Introduction One of the MANY things that bug me on LinkedIn is the "how to interview developers" post.…

Unit Testing Umami.Net - Testing UmamiBackgroundSender

In the previous article, we discussed how to test the UmamiClient using xUnit and Moq. In this article, we will discuss how to test the UmamiBackgroundSender class. The UmamiBackgroundSender is a bit different to UmamiClient as it uses IHostedService to stay…

Blog Update

This is just a quick post to update everyone on the status of this blog. I started it a little over a month ago and decided to commit to at least one post a day for the first month. So far I've posted 52 times in 30 days, so I met and exceeded this goal (yay…

Unit Testing Umami.Net - Testing UmamiClient

Now I have the Umami.Net package out there I of course want to ensure it all works as expected. To do this the best way is to somewhat comprehensively test all the methods and classes. This is where unit testing comes in. Note: This isn't a 'perfect approach'…

Seq for ASP.NET Logging - Tracing with SerilogTracing

In the previous part I showed you how to set up self hosting for Seq using ASP.NET Core . Now that we have it set up it's time to use more of it's features to allow for more complete logging & tracing using our new Seq instance. Tracing Tracing is like…

Adding a Comment System Part 2 - Saving Comments

In the previous part in this series, I set up the database for the comments system. In this post, I'll cover how saving the comments are managed client side and in ASP.NET Core. Add New Comment _CommentForm.cshtml This is a Razor partial view that contains the…

Switching Themes for Mermaid (Updated)

I use Mermaid.js to create the dope diagrams you see in a few posts. Like the one below. However something that annoyed me is that it wasn't reactive to switching themes (dark/light) and there seemed to be very poor information out there on achieving this.…

Self Hosting Seq for ASP.NET Logging

Seq is an application which lets you view and analyse logs. It's a great tool for debugging and monitoring your application. In this post I'll cover how I set up Seq to log my ASP.NET Core application. Can never have too many dashboards :) SeqDashboard Setting…

Adding Umami Tracking Client Nuget Package

Now I have the Umami client; I need to package it up and make it available as a Nuget package. This is a pretty simple process but there are a few things to be aware of. Creating the Nuget Package Versioning I decided to copy Khalid and use the excellent…

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