HansKindberg-Web-Simulation

ASP.NET Web Server simulation. A framework that lets you start a simulated/faked ASP.NET application host. A framework mainly for integration testing ASP.NET web applications.

Important - the original code/idea is not mine

The original code/idea is from Integration Testing Your ASP.NET MVC Application by Steven Sanderson. Others have also put that code idea on GitHub:

Another similar approach is NUnit Unit Testing of ASP.NET Pages, Base Classes, Controls and other widgetry using Cassini (ASP.NET Web Matrix/Visual Studio Web Developer).

If you want to have a look at how ASP.NET Development Server (Cassini) works have a look at C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\microsoft shared\DevServer\11.0\WebDev.WebServer40.EXE and C:\windows\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_32\WebDev.WebHost40\v4.0_11.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\WebDev.WebHost40.dll in Reflector. Those are the paths if you use Visual Studio 2012.

Modifications

The reason for modifying the original idea was because I wanted to:

Have the possibility to subscribe to HttpApplication events in the application-host/application domain.
Do the framework more general, not only for integration testing MVC applications.
Do the framework itself more testable.
Do the classes more "inheritable". Almost everything is inheritable/virtual/generic.
Give the framework/assembly a more general/suitable name.
NuGet'ify it. References in the projects in the solution are NuGet references. When building the solution you get HansKindberg.Web.Simulation.X.X.X.X.nupkg and HansKindberg.Web.Mvc.Simulation.X.X.X.X.nupkg.