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One of the common challenges with getting started with a new technology is discovery of the tools and resources that can help you get started and increase your productivity…With that in mind the team has collected their list of favorite test tools:
Another in my MVP series of blog posts: This post is by one of the most active of the Canadian MVPs, Wes McDonald. I find it interesting that Wes and our neighbors up north have taken the spirit of the US code camps and turned it in to arguably Canada’s best developer conference that is both internationally recognized and commercially v...
Update: We have moved the test case management features for Web Access to Visual Studio Update 2. So when you install the latest CTP for Visual Studio Update 1 these test features will no longer be present. We plan to re-enable these features in the CTPs for Visual Studio Update 2. For a final list of all the features in Visual Studio Upda...
Please do not use the information in the post below as it is out of date. Updated information about Coded UI Test Support Matrix can now be found at: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd380742.aspx ...
An update to Visual Studio 2010 SP1 with compatibility support for Visual Studio 2012 and Windows 8 is available for download at Download Center and as a Microsoft Update.After you apply the Microsoft update, the following Visual Studio 2010 SP1 Test Tools features are improved for Windows 8:Here are the list of new features: The Update also...
To record audio as part of a feedback or testing session on a remote machine that is running Microsoft Feedback Client, Test Runner, or Exploratory Testing window, you must configure audio redirection settings on the remote machine. You must also enable “record from this computer” when you connect to the remote machine. You can perform this procedu...
This blog assumes that you have a prior understanding of Coded UI Test extensibility. If not, a good starting point would be here. Also check out additional links in the “Extending Coded UI Test” section available here.In this post, I’ll enumerate a few points you would need to watch out for while implementing an extension pl...
The control search in Coded UI Test playback is essentially a breadth first search. For extension plugins that have in-built search capability, the plugin writer can implement its own search logic. What typically remains the same is the way the search is done for the top level window of the application. Consider a top level window UI object su...
We are pleased to announce that we have released the sample solution with support for Visual Studio 2012 RC. Overview This project delivers practical and scenario based sample code and guidance for the Visual Studio Coded UI Microsoft Word Add-in, which extends the Coded UI feature support to Microsoft Word documents. Without this Add-in,...
It is no secret that it is our partners that help make Visual Studio the best development environment on the planet – and DXperience 12.1 from DevExpress ensures that this thought leadership and great experience will continue going forward. As many developers already know DXperience tools address a wide range of software developm...