When I first discovered ASP.NET MVC, I was about to begin development on a brand new project at work.  Since I come from a more “pure” background of web development (not Web Forms), I immediately got excited when I heard about this new framework.  The pieces began to click in my mind.. *finally* an ASP.NET that doesn’t rely on the drag and drop experience and hide the true nature of the web, I thought. Day after day I would read articles and watch conference videos about this new and exciting way to build web apps with ASP.NET.  Around the...

I recently finished reading The Art of Unit Testing by Roy Osherove (published by Manning). As the title implies, this book covers the topic of unit testing, which is still a mystery for a lot of developers. Unfortunately, I think that many believe unit testing to be a shadowy art that seems hard to grok, and even harder to practice.  The truth is, it’s not as hard as you might think, and once you understand what unit testing truly is, you may find yourself enjoying writing your unit tests as much as your production code. The examples in...