[NUnitAsp-devl] Upcoming NUnitAsp plans

[Jim S. <js...@ti...>]

Hello, all,

Version 1.6 of NUnitAsp will be coming out in a few months, and it 
already has a lot of important new features:

* Supports any version of NUnit, and tools like MbUnit, too
* Supports multiple forms
* Tests can directly manipulate form variables without a tester
* Tests can directly submit and post-back forms without a tester

NUnitAsp has gotten to be pretty popular--Google reports about 10,000 
pages that mention it.  The Italian, German, and Japanese pages are 
cool, but I knew I'd hit the big time when I started seeing pages in 
Russian mentioning NUnitAsp.  SourceForge tells me that the website gets 
about 23,000 hits a month and that NUnitAsp is downloaded about 1,300 
times a month.  I think that's pretty fantastic, and it's all thanks to 
you using it and telling people about it.  Thank you!

With the 1.6 release, I'd like to ramp NUnitAsp adoption up another 
notch.  NUnitAsp has always been a useful tool for TDD, but I've noticed 
that people run into problems using it when they treat ASP.NET like ASP, 
or when they have legacy systems to support.  Plus, let's face it, it 
isn't easy to test a program over HTTP, no matter how well NUnitAsp 
abstracts things for you.

I'm considering three options to help people use NUnitAsp more 
effectively.  I need your help to know which ones to focus on.  I'd 
appreciate your time to look at the options below and let me know what 
you think.

Please send your responses directly to me... there's no need to spam the 
list.  The first 20 people to respond will get a 25% discount on 
whatever I end up offering.


Option 1: NUnitAsp Training.  I've teamed up with a superb developer of 
training courses to co-develop and deliver an NUnitAsp training course.  
Potential material includes test-driven development of ASP.NET, custom 
NUnitAsp tester development, using testbeds and mock objects with 
NUnitAsp, and ASP.NET architecture.

If you're interested in this option, let me know:
- How many people on your team would attend?
- What material would they be interested in?  Introduction to ASP.NET 
and TDD?  TDD for experienced ASP.NET programmers?  ASP.NET and NUnitAsp 
architecture?  NUnitAsp and legacy code?  Writing custom testers for 
your custom controls?  Something else entirely (tell me what)?
- Would you rather come to a public course or have us deliver the course 
privately at your company?


Option 2: Drink from the firehose.  Hate training or need specific 
assistance with advance topics?  Get unlimited access, directly to me, 
to answer any questions about NUnitAsp, test-driven development, and 
related subjects.  I'm notoriously lax about enforcing limits on subject 
matter.  Call any time (while I'm awake!) and I'll respond within 90 
minutes, all for a flat monthly fee.  I'll respond to email the same 
day, too.  This is especially useful as a roadblock destruction service: 
when you face a roadblock, call me and I'll get you past it.  Senior 
developers benefit even more: we can talk about the really good stuff.

If you're interested in this option, let me know:
- How much time did you spend on roadblocks last month?  How much time 
do you typically spend on roadblocks each month?  How much time do other 
members of your team typically spend on roadblocks each month?
- How many people are on your team?  How many would participate?  Of 
those, how many do you talk to every day about what you're working on?


Option 3: Tester packages--I'm considering creating special tester 
packages for non-core components.  For example, I could create a tester 
package for the Infragistics controls.  These would seamlessly plug in 
to NUnitAsp and would be available for online purchase from my website.

If you're interested in this option, let me know:
- Which controls do you want to test?  (Include the product name or 
website; if the product is particularly large, like Infragistics, let me 
know which subset of controls you're most interested in.)
- What licensing arrangements do you prefer?
- How much would your company pay for a full-featured, robust set of 
testers for those controls?


Option 4: Something completely different--you tell me!


Thanks for your time!

Cheers,
Jim
NUnitAsp Grand Poo-bah

-- 
James Shore - Titanium I.T. LLC - Successful Software
See my new website and blog: http://www.jamesshore.com

phone: 503-267-5490
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