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Chapter 1: Preliminary Concerns
In 1997, soon after Internet Information Systems 4 (IIS) shipped, Mark Anders and Scott Guthrie
began work on the predecessor of ASP 3.0, what many developers now call “classic ASP.” One of the
main goals of this new project is to address separation of concern much better than the previous version
of ASP. Through a few name changes (XSP and ASP+), what we now call ASP.NET 1.0 WebForms
was released to the world on January 5, 2002.
Summary
The aim of this chapter is to provide you with some context to the book itself and provide you with an
introduction into testing. We introduced you to the various testing terminologies, attempted to solve
some of the testing myths, and provided you with some initial starting points to get you on your way.
In the next chapter we will focus more on developing the application and starting to think about the
design and testability of applications to ensure they are testable.
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