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Unit Test Your .NET Data Access Layer
Learn how to use NUnit and some related tools for successfully support testing a Data Access Layer for ASP.NET applications. Test driven development (TDD) has grown in popularity recently, especially with the growth of the Extreme Programming (XP) methodology. NUnit is a unit testing tool built for .NET, which follows in a long line of similar xUnit testing tools built for other platforms. It provides an easy-to-use framework for writing and running unit tests for your .NET applications.
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Extreme Programming (Intro)
Just to add a quick preface to Roy's post on Engineering Notebook: An Extreme Programming Episode, for those who might wonder what extreme programming (XP) actually is, a good starting point is ExtremeProgramming.org and XProgramming.com. In brief, the XP methodology mainly emphasizes on customer-driven development and team work.
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Web-based Database Administration
Maybe this is old news for some of you guys. Anyways, I've been using two such ASP.NET applications which allow remote database administration via a web interface. It's very useful when you don't have ready access (specially on client locations) to SQL Server Enterprise Manager or when the internet connectivity is not suitable for rapid management.
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IBM Rational Solution for .NET Developers
Recently I recieved the product evaluation CD for IBM Rational XDE Developer Plus (.NET Edition). XDE combines visual modeling, runtime analysis and testing from inside the Visual Studio .NET IDE. Some other XDE features are:
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Hello World!
Just to quickly introduce myself. My name is Ashutosh Benjamin Nilkanth (aka ashben). I work as an IT consultant in India. I've been programming for a little over 6 years now - on independent projects, freelance contracts and for companies in India, Singapore and the US - primarily using the Microsoft suite of tools and technologies including .NET (ASP.NET, VB.NET, ADO.NET, Web Services), ASP, VB (6.0 and prior), SQL Server, BizTalk etc. I've been toying with .NET since 2001 and it's been a great journey so far.