I am working on as asp net mvc 4 project. I have VS2010 with .net framework 4.0 installed.
Currently, I am migrating some of the logic to use web api. I need a way to debug those routes. I found Route Debugger tool:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/webdev/archive/2013/04/04/debugging-asp-net-web-api-with-route-debugger.aspx
but as far as I understand it works only in .net framework 4.5 ( with async keyword).
What are my options here ? I was not able to find anyting else on the subject.
Would it help if you could write unit tests around Route selection?
I've got a suite of unit tests around routing in each project to prevent regressions whenever a new route is added and it's working pretty well.
This article gives great guidance on how to set up the tests:
http://www.strathweb.com/2012/08/testing-routes-in-asp-net-web-api/
You can watch/debug Web API using some network sniffer from browser like Chorme, Firefox or even IE. Fiddler can provide a good toolbox for this purpose. Early this year DevCurry posted an article about this: Debugging your ASP.NET Web APIs with Fiddler
