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How to manage unit tests in Visual Studio 2012 Update 1 : Part 1–Using Traits in the Unit Test Explorer
As a result of writing the post: Edit Test Case properties directly from the test runner of Microsoft Test Manager I asked one the ALM MVPs, Terje Sandstrom, to also look at one of the most requested Visual Studio Update 1 features – but an area I didn’t have a post on yet: Grouping in the new Unit Test Explorer. He takes a look and by morning sends me this post and indicates he wants to do three more in this series! Part 2: Using traits in TFS Build Part 3: Testing and building using different test frameworks Part 4: Managing code coverage for unit tests ***************************************...
Migrating Coded UI Test Projects on VS 2012
In Visual Studio 2012, Coded UI Test projects provide silent upgrade features where if you open a Coded UI Test project which was created in Visual Studio 2010 SP1, it will get repaired automatically to support both Visual Studio 2012 & Visual Studio 2010 SP1. Similarly if you create any new Coded UI Test project in Visual Studio 2012, you can also open the same project in Visual Studio 2010 SP1 after doing some tweaks without any issues.How does it work When we open a Coded UI Test project in Visual Studio 2012, it puts...
Coded UI Test: Why does application close after each test in Visual Studio 2012?
In Visual Studio 2010 SP1, Coded UI Test added a flag CloseOnPlaybackCleanup to ApplicationUnderTest class. For cases where an application is launched during test run, this flag helps determine whether to close the application under test after test is over. Default value for the flag was set to true (closes the application) as it is not advisable to re-use resources from other test cases. But although this flag was introduced, the Coded UI engine was not honoring the value due to a bug that we have fixed. As a result, all applications would continue to run even after the flag is set to true in VS 2010 SP1 Sinc...
Enabling Tracing and HtmlLogger in Coded UI Test
Enabling HtmlLogger & Tracing in Coded UI Test There have been a few changes in Visual Studio 2012 how Coded UI Test are run & how to enable logging. Now we can have both .NET v4.0 & v4.5 type Coded UI Test projects. Note this is an extension to previous blog on enabling tracing for Coded UI Test which is also applicable for Coded UI Test as well.Below are various ways for enabling logs in Coded UI Test These same settings are applicable for Visual Studio 2012 Test Agent as well. Note: In the blog Analyzing Coded UI Tests Using Coded UI Test Logs there are two more configuration settin...
SQL Server Data Tools – November 2012 is now available!
The SQL Data Tools Team (Gert Draper aka the “Data dude”’s team) is pleased to share with us that SSDT - November 2012 update is now available for download. SSDT for Visual Studio 2012: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/jj650015 SSDT for Visual Studio 2010: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/jj650014 What's new in the SQL Server Data Tools? Selective XML Index support We've added support for selective XML indexes, enabling users to import, edit, add, refactor, build, and publish selective XML indexes in SSDT. Add new selective XML index in Table Designer Check for SSDT Updates This release adds support ...
Edit Test Case properties directly from the test runner of Microsoft Test Manager
As the lead to the ALM MVPs I am continually surprised by the breadth of skills my MVPs have. For instance this post was created by Terje Sandstrom. In our ranks we tend to think of Terje as an architect and of the worlds foremost expert on our UML designers and Architect Explorer. So this morning it was with a bit of surprise when i see not only does he have a series on Code Analysis with C++ and C# projects i see in my inbox a post on a new feature in Visual Studio Update 1 –the ability Edit Test Case properties directly from the test runner of Microsoft Test Manager. (Make sure and also check out Anna Russo...
Eylean Board
This past summer I had the chance to play around a bit with a tool called the Eylean Board - an add-in for TFS that provides visual project management. In TFS 2012 we shipped a set of features to visually manage your backlog, sprint plans, etc. The Eylean Board provides a similar experience but offers a broader set of functionality (reports, configuration, flexibility) that doesn't ship out of the box with TFS. Below are some of my observations. 1. Visualization. Most of the experience in Eylean Board is visual. Work items are displayed as cards and can be moved through states, assigned to team members, as...
UI Testing SharePoint 2010 with Visual Studio 2012
Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 provides complete record and play support through Coded UI for performing UI validations on Sharepoint 2010 applications. Recording and playing back on a sharepoint application is no different from recording on any webpage on Internet Explorer as internally the Coded UI IE plugin is being used. This blog assumes that you are familiar with Coded UI Tests and know how to record, generate code and play it back. For further details on how to achieve the same, please take a look at the link provided. While all actions recorded on Sharepoint 2010 should playback seamlessly, this blog...
Microsoft exam 70-497: Software Testing with Visual Studio 2012
We just released a new Microsoft Exam “Software Testing with Visual Studio 2012” which covers manage the process of running tests, creating and monitoring bugs, and managing and mitigating issues that a software organization has in controlling test coverage for project requirements. Mainly focusing on Microsoft Test Manager 2012. What’s the best way to prepare for the exam? Another option is an instructor led class –and it just happens one of my MVPs Anthony Borton offers one