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Let’s look at some fundamentals of a typical web application that performs CRUD (Create, Read, Update, and Delete) operations. For this, the CRUD Operations project was added to the AngularJS/MVC Cookbook. I needed some test data, so I borrowed a few records from SQL Server’s AdventureWorks example database. This query gave me an XML document…

Running Javascript unit tests is a little bit different than testing other code. In an NUnit test, for example, the system under test and the engine running the test share the same .NET runtime which allows for easy instantiation of the tests as well as collecting test results. In a Javascript test, however, the test…

I’ve updated the Simple Routing example in the AngularJS/MVC Cookbook with unit tests. Unit tests are meant to test a piece of an application independently from any dependencies it might have. AngularJS provides a dependency injection framework that allows (and encourages) unit testing pieces of a web application. For this application, I am using Jasmine…

Turns out there’s a TrackPad Settings application! Huge thanks to Sumit Maitra for mentioning its existence on my last blog post. There was nothing in the documentation or on Microsoft’s web site that this application existed, which is a huge mistake. Instead of spending several frustrating hours and writing a blog post about that frustration,…

Read the follow up! There’s a fix: Unicorns and Puppies Return It sure seems that a lot of you want to toss out your laptops given how many emails and messages I got this asking how Visual Studio runs on a Surface Pro. Since I live to be at your beck and call, I’m here…

In a classic ASP.NET MVC application, stepping between parts of the application usually requires a trip to the web server to refresh the entire contents of the page. However, in a Single Page Application (SPA), only elements within the page are updated giving the user a better, more responsive experience. A SPA implementation may still…

Edit Feb 1, 2013: Install the Acer 2..04 Master Installer update release on Jan 30, 2013 and the “limited connect from wake” issue has been fixed. Having been living with the W510 hard for the last month, I thought I’d give my final thoughts in case anyone was looking at getting one. As I’ve written…