A RESTful API application built using Visual Studio, ASP.NET, C#, SQL.
The goal of this project was to create a simple RESTful Application with CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) functionalities so that I could get a better understanding of how APIs work and the range of methods and syntaxes that are required in order to do so.
The class diagram below provides a quick overview of the two main controllers that were used. By looking at the image you will notice that one of the controllers was refactored to include a service layer. The reason behind this was to implement the D in the SOLID principles (Dependency Inversion) as well as to enable the use of Mocks to test the class. Due to time constraint the second controller was not fully refactored, however having gained a better understanding from the first controller the refactoring of the second controller was not set as one of the major tasks to complete.
Both controllers were tested using the Postman application to ensure that all of the CRUD functionalities were working as intended. Below you can see an example of the 4 requests that were executed for the "PersonController" class.
Mock tests were used to further ensure that all of the methods in the controllers were working as intended. Mock testing has a range of benefits, one of which is to allow developers to isolate a particular class and test it without having to worry of the external dependencies the class may be dependent affecting the test results.
