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What’s New in Visual Studio 11 Beta Unit Testing
For those of you who haven’t been following the changes to unit testing that we first previewed back at the //BUILD/ conference, and for those you who did but want to know what has changed, this post is going to take you through the whole thing. We have made a lot of changes to testing in Visual Studio. These changes are pretty drastic in some cases, but were driven by years of customer feedback and a clarification of our focus and vision. Customer Feedback Ever since we first shipped unit testing back in Visual Studio Team System we’ve been given praise and criticism for what it was. It was too slo...
Team Foundation Server Process Template Customization 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 practical guidance and extensive PowerShell and Custom Control supporting samples for Team Foundation Server Process template customization. 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 exciting project, please visit Team Foundation Server Process Template Customization Guide or click the images below. Please send candid feedback We can’t wait to hear from you, and l...
Visual Studio 11 Beta Testing Documentation
The Visual Studio 11 Beta is released and along with it comes some updated testing documentation. The updated content can be found in the MSDN library within the Visual Studio 11 Beta documentation. The updated functionality and content specific to Visual Stuio ALM testing includes the following:Test project compatibility and upgradability with Visual Studio 2010Test projects that you created in Visual Studio 2010 SP1 that contain unit tests, coded UI tests, Web performance or load tests can be opened in Visual Studio 11 Beta. Therefore, your team can continue to use Visual Studio 2010 SP1 or Visua...
Visualize Code with Visual Studio 11 Beta
Remember the last time you worked with unfamiliar code? It can seem like it takes forever to understand how to change it and even longer to see the potential impact. What if you had a picture that shows how the code is organized and gives you more information about how changes might affect it? Good news! In Visual Studio 11 Beta, you can visualize your code and understand its relationships. You can create, read, and edit dependency graphs faster and easier. Here's an example: Note: You can create graphs with Visual Studio 11 Ultimate. You can read and edit graphs with Visual Studio 11 Premium and Professional...
Visual Studio Coded UI for Word Add-In Sample Solution has shipped!
We are pleased to announce that we have released the sample solution, which many have been waiting for 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, the Coded UI feature has the following shortcomings: The add-in also provides the following functionalities for Coded UI: To get started, grab the Hand-On Lab, which steps you through building the solution and using it. Find more information here: http://vsarcodeduiword.code...
Visual Studio 11 Beta – What is new in Coded UI Tests?
With Visual Studio 11 Beta, now available at this download location, you will see a number of enhancements to Coded UI Tests. This blog highlights the top features and points you to the MSDN articles which describe each feature in detail. IE 9 & 10 New feature support Coded UI Tests added support for a host of new features which are new in Internet Explorer 9 & 10. The features are described in detail in the following MSDN articles. · Support for HTML5 in Internet Explorer 9 and Internet Explorer 10 · Support for Windows Internet Explorer 10 Spell Checking · Support for 64-bit Windows I...
Handling playback failures in Coded UI Test due to stale UI controls
There have been multiple instances of Coded UI Test customers reporting failure in the performing action on a control within a popup window such as a dialog box or a context menu. The typical symptom will be an error thrown something like –QTAgent32.exe, AL: Playback Error: Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UITest.Extension.FailedToPerformActionOnBlockedControlException:Window '' is blocking the control XYZ. Please move the window '' or make the control XYZ visible and retry the action. Additional Details:TechnologyName: 'MSAA'Name: 'XYZ'ControlType: 'MenuItem' ---> System.Runtime.I...
Visual Studio 11 Beta – Unit Testing Plugins List
One of the things I’m really proud of in the new Visual Studio 11 developer experience is the investment we made in developer and unit testing. We first started talking about this back at the //BUILD/ conference, and since then have spent a lot of time working with community partners to get them ready for the Beta release today.I’m very happy, therefore, to be able to highlight the frameworks & test runners that have shipped support for VS11 Beta. (More to come, see below.)(Editors Note: Table below updated 2/11/2014) I will be maintaining this list as more come online, so please stay tuned. ...
Welcome to Visual Studio 11 ALM Rangers Readiness Beta “Wave”
JasonZ announced the Visual Studio 11 Beta, which triggered a SIMultaneous-SHIPping event for the Visual Studio ALM Rangers. Updated: 2012-04-13. Changes marked with //date – change token. I am happy to announce that the Visual Studio 11 ALM Rangers Readiness Beta “Gig” solutions are now available for download from CodePlex: Solutions The following solutions will be available for Beta download in the near future: The following solutions have been cancelled or merged with other solutions: The Team None of this would have been possible without a dream team, made up of contrib...