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Test Case Migrator Plus V1.2 released
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We have completed the release of the Test Case Migrator Plus (V1.2 RTM) on CodePlex.What's new for the V1.2 RTM version
What’s new for MSTest unit tests in Visual Studio 11 Beta
In an earlier post we detailed the fresh approach we have taken with unit testing in Visual Studio 11. You can now pick and choose the test framework of your choice and use it from within the Visual Studio experience in a fully integrated manner. While we have done a lot of work on the new experience and a new extensible platform, we have also invested in the built-in MSTest framework for unit-testing. In this post, I wanted to highlight the investments we have done in MSTest. Performance Performance is a central theme across Visual Studio 11 and developer unit testing scenarios with MSTest have also received a...
The Code Index SDK
This blog post was updated in Dec 2016 to explain what changed with Visual Studio 2017. More in: The visual Studio Modeling SDK is part of Visual Studio 2017 Introduction In Visual Studio 11 Ultimate, the experience around the architecture diagrams has improved a lot, with respect to Visual Studio 2010. In particular, performance and scalability are much better than they used to be, as we mentioned already. It is also possible to create dependency diagrams using the solution explorer, and then ask questions from the representations of the code elements in the diagram. At the heart of these improvements, is the...
ALM Quick Reference Guide BETA has shipped!
We are pleased to announce that we have released another one of the ALM Rangers Visual Studio 11 Readiness “Gig” projects, which delivers quick references which started in 2009 with a request from Steven van Niekerk (Technical Lead / Architect, South-Africa) initiated this project with his question “Can you tell me about TFS and VSTS in 5 minutes?” The previous version was downloaded more than 35 thousand times and was even localised for the Spanish community, by Francisco Fagas. We trust that this new version, focused on Team Foundation Server and Visual Studio 11 will be the start of a new era of excitement ...
Using Microsoft Visual Studio 11 Beta Feedback Client tool with Windows 8 Metro Style applications
For Windows 8 Metro style applications the Visual Studio 11 Test Tools ( Visual Studio 11 Beta Microsoft Test Manager and the Microsoft Feedback Client) are expected to be connected via a remote session using Remote Desktop Connection (MSTSC.exe) or using the simulator integrated into Visual Studio 11 Beta. To the right is an image of starting a Windows 8 Metro application in the Visual Studio 11 Beta Simulator. Below is a screen shot of the Visual Studio 11 Beta Feedback client with two screen shots of two different Windows 8 Metro style applications – one being run in the simulator and the o...
March 12th TFSPreview.com Update
Today, we pushed a small update to the hosted Team Foundation Service, and I wanted to share some insight into our update cadence and what’s new in this particular release. We’re going to be blogging about all of our interesting updates so that you can have an idea about what’s new and pertinent to your use. As you may know, we’ve been working to accelerate our release cadence for the hosted service, so that we can deliver new value to customers earlier, and so that changes to the product are more evolutionary than revolutionary. We’re currently set up to publish updates every Monday. Since our team works on 3 w...
Getting Started with Exploratory Testing
How many times have you been in a situation when you found a bug while doing some ad hoc testing but couldn’t report it because you couldn’t reproduce it again. Or you filed a bug during a bug bash, it was fixed but it reappeared in the software because there was no way you could have remembered to test it again. If you are a software tester, I am sure you would have been in many such situations. But no more worries, Exploratory testing with Microsoft Test Manager is here to solve all such problems. Exploratory testing, by definition is simultaneous test execution and test design. And Micros...
Very nice video about what’s new in Visual Studio 11 Dependency Graphs
After Esther who explained how to Visualize Code with Visual Studio 11 Beta last week, Chris blogged this week-end about What's new in Visual Studio 11 Dependency Graph Features. He has recorded a great video (WMV 17mb, MP4 14mb), going through the main features: A must watch!
Code First API Library, Scaffolding & Guidance for Coded UI Tests–Released to Codeplex
The purpose of Code First API Library, Scaffolding & Guidance for Coded UI Tests is to help you write more maintainable Coded UI tests for your web apps. When building Web UI Tests the way that's proposed here - you aren't going to be recording test scripts nor building UI Maps. Instead, you'll be writing Page Objects that are interacting with the elements on the page. CodedUI CodeFirst contains three major parts which can be used individually or together. When you're beginning a new project you'll probably use all these parts while in an existing project you might just pick a part that's applicable f...