protected void btnGetArticles_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
btnGetArticles.Enabled = false;
Stopwatch stopwatch = new Stopwatch();
stopwatch.Start();
//try accessing the web api, if there is an issue, show an error message to the user
try
{
originalArticles = HackerNewsService.GetNewArticles();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
lblError.Text = ex.Message;
lblError.Visible = true;
}
finally
{
//if we were not able to get articles, we still want the button to be enabled so the user can try again
btnGetArticles.Enabled = true;
}
grdArticles.DataSource = originalArticles;
grdArticles.DataBind();
stopwatch.Stop();
lblTime.Text = "Article Retrive Took: " + stopwatch.Elapsed.ToString();
lblTime.Visible = true;
//now that we have content, enable searching
btnSearch.Enabled = true;
btnReset.Enabled = true;
}
public void TestArticleToString()
{
List <Article> allNewArticles = HackerNewsService.GetNewArticles();
//check that we are not getting any completely null articles (specific code to prevent that from happening)
foreach (Article art in allNewArticles)
{
Assert.IsTrue(art != null);
}
}