What Do You Need to Read This Book?

To get the most benefit from this book, you should have a modern Windows PC, set up for .NET development. Chapter 3 gives you complete details of the software you will need. With the exception of Windows itself, Microsoft makes free-of-charge versions of every software component that this book requires. These free versions are suitable for following all the examples in this book, with the exception of some unit testing examples in Part IV (for which a paid-for edition of Visual Studio is required).

Part V of this book includes examples of deploying an ASP.NET web application to a server. These tasks require a machine running Windows Server 2008 R2. These examples are optional. Many ASP.NET developers don’t ...

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