Testing

One of the newer features of SQL Server is the ability to snapshot a database at a point in time, and restore it. A commenter on the Respawn announcement asked if I had looked at this feature for resetting a test database to a known point. I hadn't, and this feature offers a few perks over Respawn. Respawn is an intelligent table deleter, instead of giving you an actual snapshot [Read More]

Respawn is a small library to help reset your database to a known state before tests. If you're like our teams and rely on integration/subcutaneous tests as your final "green" test for feature complete, keeping a consistent database state can be frustrating. Respawn solves this problem by intelligently wiping your local test database clean before each test: var checkpoint = new Checkpoint(); await checkpoint.Reset("MyConnectionStringName"); // or await checkpoint.Reset( [Read More]