title: Visual Studio enable assert
body: <p>I am trying to add assert statements to a project, but they keep being skipped. Is there an option I need to enable somewhere?</p>
  
  <p>The assert statement is:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Debug.Assert(false, "Deserialization failed", "Deserialization failed");
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>And I am running in debug mode. I could be doing something silly; I am not sure.</p>