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March 2008 - Posts - Stephen Walther on ASP.NET MVC

March 2008 - Posts

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TDD : Introduction to Rhino Mocks by swalther

Rhino Mocks is the most popular Mock Object Framework for .NET. The purpose of this blog entry is to provide a brief introduction to Rhino Mocks. In particular, I want to describe how you can use Rhino Mocks when building ASP.NET MVC web applications. ...
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TDD: Test-Driven Development with Visual Studio 2008 Unit Tests by swalther

The purpose of this blog entry is to explain how you can create unit tests by using Visual Studio 2008. I’m not interested in unit tests in general -- I’m interested in building a particular type of unit test. I want to build unit tests that can be used when following good Test-Driven Development (TDD) practices when building ASP.NET MVC Web Application projects....
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ASP.NET MVC In-Depth: The Life of an ASP.NET MVC Request by swalther

The purpose of this blog entry is to describe, in painful detail, each step in the life of an ASP.NET MVC request from birth to death. I want to understand everything that happens when you type a URL in a browser and hit the enter key when requesting a page from an ASP.NET MVC website. ...
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TDD: Introduction to Typemock Isolator by swalther

Typemock Isolator is often referred to the most powerful Mock Object Framework for .NET. I’ve heard people talk about it as “The Big Guns”, “The Nuclear Weapon”, the “Cleanup Guy”. In this blog entry, I’m going to provide you with a brief introduction to Typemock Isolator. ...
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Book Review: The Art of Unit Testing by swalther

I stumbled across The Art of Unit Testing by Roy Osherove while researching Mock Object frameworks that can be used with ASP.NET MVC. Even though the author is still in the process of writing the book, you can download an early draft of this book...
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Using ASP.NET AJAX with ASP.NET MVC by swalther

Yes, you can use ASP.NET AJAX with ASP.NET MVC. Several people have asked me recently how you can use ASP.NET AJAX in an ASP.NET MVC view. In this blog entry, I’m going to explain the problem and the solution....
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ASP.NET AJAX In-Depth: Application Events by swalther

The goal of this blog entry is simple: I want to understand everything about ASP.NET AJAX Application events. I want to know how application events work under the covers by performing a close examination of the Microsoft AJAX Library source code for the Application object....
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ASP.NET AJAX In-Depth: Object Inheritance by swalther

The goal of the blog entry is simple: I want to understand everything happening under the covers when you take advantage of ASP.NET AJAX inheritance....
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Two Methods of Creating JavaScript Objects: Prototype Inheritance and the Xerox Method by swalther

In this blog entry, I examine different methods of building new JavaScript objects from existing JavaScript objects. For lack of better names, I’m calling the first method the Prototype Inheritance method and the second method the Xerox method. The goal of this blog entry is discuss the relative strengths and weaknesses of the two methods. At the very end of this entry, I briefly examine the approach taken by the ASP.NET AJAX framework....
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ASP.NET 3.5 Unleashed Errata: Listing 31.6 and Listing 31.24 by swalther

There are two mistakes in Chapter 31, Using Server-Side ASP.NET AJAX, both related to a last minute change to the ListView control. Microsoft changed the ListView control to require an itemPlaceholder instead of an itemContainer element in its LayoutTemplate....
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