14th July 2009

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This article is an excerpt from the book ASP.NET MVC in Action from Manning Publications. It addresses testing controllers. The focus of the Model-View-Controller pattern is the controller. Every screen is backed by a controller and rendered by a view. Without the controller, presentation logic would move to the view. Armed with test-driven development and a disciplined approach to separation of concerns, you will ensure the maintainability of your presentation layer. For the book’s table of contents, the author Forum, and other resources, go to http://manning.com/palermo/.

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Last Friday, Microsoft shipped Silverlight 3. This third release includes support for HD Media, GPU acceleration, out of browser support, and many application development improvements that make building line-of-business applications in Silverlight much easier. Developers can download a free update for Visual Studio 2008 that enables development of Silverlight applications using this client, and even works with the free Visual Web Developer 2008 Express. In addition, Microsoft released Expression Studio 3 Release Candidate, which includes some major updates as well. Read more about the release on the official announcement. Keep up with Silverlight news on SilverlightFeeds.com.

Today, Microsoft announced that Windows Azure, their cloud-based application platform, will be available for commercial use at PDC in October. This announcement includes pricing for Windows Azure services, including Azure itself, as well as SQL Azure and .NET Services. Pricing for storage is $0.15/GB and bandwidth is $0.10in/$0.15out per GB, along with additional per-transaction costs. In addition, Microsoft will be offering enterprise and volume subscriptions agreements that will provide payment predictability and price discounts. Read more about the announcement on the Windows Azure blog. Keep up with Azure news on AzureFeeds.com.

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Manning's NHibernate in Action is now available in stands if you want to learn about the tool. But will this book serve any purpose? Does it contain useful information? Anand examines all aspects of the book in detail and after reading it you will be in a position to judge whether or not the book will be of any worth to you.

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