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Archives / 2009
  • Using StackExchange to produce Ask SQL Server Central

    StackExchange has recently gone to beta, allowing people to set up sites using the same platform that runs StackOverflow. As my team maintains SQL Server Central, we decided to take advantage of this and set up Ask SQL Server Central. We’re not sure where we’re going to go with it yet, as it takes quite a different model to the rest of the site, which mainly features articles and traditional forums, but we felt that some people might find it a useful way of finding information, and it was pretty straightforward to do, so we dived in.

  • Automated Web Testing

    One of the things about ASP.NET MVC that's particularly pushed is how easy it makes unit testing. Another aspect I think is particularly exciting is improving the ability to perform automated front-end testing. One of our web testers here at Red Gate has started looking into this and seeing what can be done to add automated front end testing to some of the sites we look after. He's put the first post of a series looking into this up at: