# Testing an ASP.NET Core web app with Testcontainers — Application project

> The application project (src/RazorPagesProject/RazorPagesProject.csproj) is a Razor Pages web app that uses Entity Framework Core with SQLite as its default database provider Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically): ```xml <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web"> <PropertyGro

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The application project (src/RazorPagesProject/RazorPagesProject.csproj) is a Razor Pages web app that uses Entity Framework Core with SQLite as its default database provider

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```xml
&lt;Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web"&gt;

  &lt;PropertyGroup&gt;
    &lt;TargetFramework&gt;net9.0&lt;/TargetFramework&gt;
    &lt;ImplicitUsings&gt;enable&lt;/ImplicitUsings&gt;
  &lt;/PropertyGroup&gt;

  &lt;ItemGroup&gt;
    &lt;PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Sqlite" Version="7.0.0" /&gt;
    &lt;PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="7.0.0" /&gt;
    &lt;PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="7.0.0" /&gt;
    &lt;PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.UI" Version="7.0.0" /&gt;
    &lt;PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools" Version="7.0.0"&gt;
      &lt;PrivateAssets&gt;all&lt;/PrivateAssets&gt;
      &lt;IncludeAssets&gt;runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive&lt;/IncludeAssets&gt;
    &lt;/PackageReference&gt;
  &lt;/ItemGroup&gt;

&lt;/Project&gt;
```

The ApplicationDbContext stores Message entities and provides methods to query and manage them

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```csharp
public class ApplicationDbContext : IdentityDbContext
{
    public ApplicationDbContext(DbContextOptions&lt;ApplicationDbContext&gt; options)
        : base(options)
    {
    }

    public virtual DbSet&lt;Message&gt; Messages { get; set; }

    public async virtual Task&lt;List&lt;Message&gt;&gt; GetMessagesAsync()
    {
        return await Messages
            .OrderBy(message =&gt; message.Text)
            .AsNoTracking()
            .ToListAsync();
    }

    public async virtual Task AddMessageAsync(Message message)
    {
        await Messages.AddAsync(message);
        await SaveChangesAsync();
    }

    public async virtual Task DeleteAllMessagesAsync()
    {
        foreach (Message message in Messages)
        {
            Messages.Remove(message);
        }

        await SaveChangesAsync();
    }

    public async virtual Task DeleteMessageAsync(int id)
    {
        var message = await Messages.F
```

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