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ASP.NET MVC Test Framework Integration Walkthrough

March 6, 2008 Mar 6, 2008 03/6/08
Web Development Tools Microsoft
Note: Please see this post for an updated set of templates created for ASP.NET MVC RTM: http://blogs.msdn.com/webdevtools/archive/2009/04/28/updated-nunit-templates-for-asp-net-mvc-1-0-rtm.aspx   Vishal’s earlier blog post, ASP.NET MVC Test Framework Integration, outlined the motivation and steps for registering a third ...

ASP.NET MVC Test Framework Integration

February 18, 2008 Feb 18, 2008 02/18/08
Web Development Tools Microsoft
Previously I gave an overview  of new tooling features for ASP.NET MVC Framework that we are hoping to make available during MIX 2008 timeframe.  You can read more about Overview of MVC Tooling Features for MIX 2008 here.  Goals: ASP.NET MVC Framework is Microsoft's implementation of MVC framework which is hugely popular in the...

Downloadable Hotfix: Performance and Editor fixes for Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Web Developer Express 2008

February 8, 2008 Feb 8, 2008 02/8/08
Web Development Tools Microsoft
We have received a great deal of feedback on VS 2008 and VWD 2008. Thank you for all the feedback.   We have looked at the feedback carefully and selected some critical issues around performance and editor usage to fix in this hotfix. This article talks about all the issues that are fixed in the hotfix.   Machine Prerequisites: &...

Announcing RTW version of Visual Studio 2008 Web Deployment Projects (WDP)

January 25, 2008 Jan 25, 2008 01/25/08
Web Development Tools Microsoft
In December 2007, we had released Community Technology Preview (CTP) version of  VS 2008 Web Deployment Projects... Thanks a ton to all of you in the community for being so active in adopting and trying the CTP versions of WDP... Since the December CTP we have been monitoring the blogs, MS Connect feedback system as well WDP forums to ...

Tips & Tricks: Web Server Settings for Web Application Projects now can be stored per user as well as per project

January 17, 2008 Jan 17, 2008 01/17/08
Web Development Tools Microsoft
Web server settings, which are accessible inside Web Application Projects (WAPs) property pages (Web section)  allow you to specify settings associated to to Visual Studio Development Server or IIS.  Many a times in a team development environment it is preferred that these settings are shared across the teams providing consistency; ...

Tips & Tricks: Start-Up Options and Instances of ASP.Net Development Server in a Multi-project Solution

December 23, 2007 Dec 23, 2007 12/23/07
Web Development Tools Microsoft
If you have more than one project in your solution you can use following options of solution properties to set your start up actions...  You can get the below dialog by right clicking your solution and going to its properties: (image)   If you have more than one Web project (either Web Site, WAPs or both) in your solution and choose...

Workaround: Debugging Global.aspx.cs Application_Start() with ASP.Net Web Server within Visual Studio

December 13, 2007 Dec 13, 2007 12/13/07
Web Development Tools Microsoft
When you add a global.asax file to your "Web Application Projects (WAPs) like below: (image) and then write code in Application_Start event and try to debug it like below using Visual Studio inbuilt Development Web Server (image)   Then during your first debug the breakpoint is hit but during your subsequent debug runs the breakpoint is...