Stephen Walther on ASP.NET MVC

In this tip, I demonstrate how you can unit test ASP.NET MVC views without running a Web server. I show you how to unit test views by creating a custom MVC View Engine and a fake Controller Context.

In this tip, I demonstrate how you can retrieve a view from any folder in an ASP.NET MVC application. I show you how to use both specific paths and relative paths.

In this tip, I demonstrate how you can create LINQ to SQL entities that do not contain any special attributes. I show you how you can use an external XML file to map LINQ to SQL entities to database objects.

In this tip, I demonstrate how you can eliminate controller methods that simply return views. I show you how to use the HandleUnknownAction method to handle every request against a controller automatically.

In this tip, I demonstrate how to create an in-memory data context class that you can use when unit testing ASP.NET MVC applications that access a database.

Fantastic! A new version of the ASP.NET MVC framework was released on CodePlex today. This new version of ASP.NET MVC includes support for error handling, authorization, caching, and Ajax. 

In this tip, I demonstrate how you can write unit tests for MVC controller actions that access a database. I show you how to create unit tests for your LINQ to SQL controller action code.

In this tip, I demonstrate how you can use the nVelocity view engine, instead of the normal Web Forms view engine, when displaying views from an ASP.NET MVC application.