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Acceptance Testing UI using Visual Studio 2010 Microsoft Test Manager and Fit style tables
A while back I was sitting in a class by Rod Claar and he introduced the concept of using Fit tables for improving collaboration in software development. The way Fit tables do this is by enabling stakeholders and business analysts to enter expected input and the proper output in a tool they are comfortable with – like excel. A simple example might look like the following table: The developer can then run through these tables using test automation to verify the application is doing what is expected. Data bound coded UI tests makes doing a piece of cake with Visual Studio 2010. **So how do you create a dat...
Friday 13th High Noon – An early BETA of the Branching Guide is released
We are pleased to announce that we have released another one of the ALM Rangers Visual Studio 11 Readiness “Gig” projects, delivering practical guidance focused on branching and merging. For more information on the ALM Rangers Visual Studio 11 Readiness “Gig” please refer to here or click the image above. For more information on this project, please visit Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Branching Guide. Also please note that we are testing the new download package structure and filenames, which have evolved from recent ALM Ranger surveys and feedback from the community. **Please send candid feedback ...
Team Foundation Service whitepaper has shipped!
We are pleased to announce that we have released another one of the ALM Rangers Visual Studio 11 Readiness “Gig” projects, delivering supporting guidance focused on Team Foundation Service. For more information on the ALM Rangers Visual Studio 11 Readiness “Gig” please refer to here or click the image above. //2012-06-08 Fix links to point to RC not hidden BETA. For more information on this project, please visit Visual Studio ALM Rangers Supporting Guidance and the v1 - Team Foundation Service Whitepapers download package. What’s Next? The team is hard at work to complete ar...
Automatic requirement traceability with Exploratory Testing
My favorite feature of exploratory testing with Microsoft Test Manager is automatic requirement traceability, that it automatically builds up my test plan as I perform my explorations. So let's say that I have a backlog item that my team is working on and it is now ready to be tested. To perform exploratory testing on it, I launch Microsoft Test Manager and create a new empty test plan. This is how my Plan->Contents tab looks currently: Now I select the relevant backlog item and start exploring it, similar to the walkthrough here. I launch my application, perform actions on it, take scr...
Lab Management walkthrough using Visual Studio 11 Developer Preview Virtual Machine
Updated 7/16/2012: Please note this an archived post and the Lab Management VHD has been retired and been removed from the Microsoft Downloads site. Merging the Lab Management blog and bringin...
TFS Integration Tools – March 2012 Release
Last month the team silently released a new release of the TFS Integration Tools on the Visual Studio Gallery, which now includes support for Team Foundation Server 11 and Team Foundation Service. The list of resolved bugs which we received from the community and from internal dogfooding environments is substantial: General Version Control WIT Internal Dogfooding
Test Tooling Guides BETA has shipped!
We are pleased to announce that we have released another one of the ALM Rangers Visual Studio 11 Readiness “Gig” projects, delivering guidance for both Coded UI and MTM testing. For more information on the ALM Rangers Visual Studio 11 Readiness “Gig” please refer to here or click the image above. For more information on this project, please visit Visual Studio Test Tooling Guidance. Please send candid feedback We can’t wait to hear from you, and learn more about your experience using the Beta. Here are some ways to connect with us: Enjoy!
Build on the Team Foundation Service
Today we are pleased to enable another great capability of Team Foundation Server on the Team Foundation Service Preview, Build. With the introduction of build we are combining the power and flexibility of Team Build with the low friction setup of the Team Foundation Service and continuing our efforts to provide the most powerful cloud based ALM solution to our users. Build in the Team Foundation Service Preview provides a pool of build machines that are standing by ready to compile, test, and package your application. Gone are the days where you need to setup and maintain your own isolated build machine. If you...
Changing the default filter for exploratory testing
For performing exploratory testing with Microsoft Test Manager, when we go to Test -> Do exploratory testing we see a list of work items that are of requirement category and have the same area path and iteration path as that of the test plan. The idea behind having these conditions in the default query is that in most cases, the user will be exploring requirements that are being developed in the current sprint, and that the area path and iteration path of the currently selected plan will most likely match that. If I want to change this query so as to get a different set of requirement work items in th...