A practical guide to speeding up .NET database integration tests using the Respawn library and xUnit class fixtures. Respawn resets a database to its initial state between tests, avoiding expensive teardown/recreation cycles. The approach uses xUnit's IAsyncLifetime interface and a shared DatabaseFixture to call a single ResetAsync method after each test, supporting multiple database providers including SQL Server, Postgres, and MySQL. The result is a faster feedback loop while still testing against a real database.
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