6th May 2008

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In the fourth part of this series, Keyvan talks about the unit testing concepts related to the MVC pattern and how Microsoft has adapted these concepts for its ASP.NET MVC framework. He shows these principles and the process that should be followed to unit test an ASP.NET MVC application.

http://aspalliance.com/1630_Building_a_Simple_Blog_Engine_with_ASPNET_MVC_and_LINQ__Part_4

Editor's Comments

Keyvan Nayyeri has a great series of articles on ASP Alliance. The series is about developing a simple blog engine using ASP.NET MVC and LINQ. This week we published Part 4 of the series.

Building a Simple Blog Engine with ASP.NET MVC and LINQ - Part 1 - Introduction
Building a Simple Blog Engine with ASP.NET MVC and LINQ - Part 2 - Controller
Building a Simple Blog Engine with ASP.NET MVC and LINQ - Part 3 - Data Model
Building a Simple Blog Engine with ASP.NET MVC and LINQ - Part 4 - Unit Testing

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