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My Session in “Next Generation Testing with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010” Tomorrow
13 February 11 09:34 AM | Eran Ruso | 2 comment(s)
Tomorrow is a big day for me! I am about to give a session about testing with the Microsoft Testing Tools that were released with the Visual Studio 2010 and TFS 2010. Unfortunately the registration was closed a few days ago due to lake of sits . I apologize I know that many people couldn’t get a sit on time, some have personally called me but there is nothing I can do about it, we have saved the biggest room Microsoft has to offer. I will try to save another date for this event, I promise to publish...
Visual Studio 2010 SP1 and TFS 2010 SP1–What’s New? (Summary)
12 December 10 01:12 PM | Eran Ruso | 2 comment(s)
Since the release of the new SP1 beta of TFS 2010 and VS2010 that I have published about in my post: "Visual Studio 2010 And TFS 2010 Service Pack 1 Beta Has Released" , I have received a lot of questions about what’s new. I have just read a very good post by: “Learn TFS” that summarize all that is new in this service pack. You can read more in: “Visual Studio 2010 SP1 and TFS 2010 SP1 Roundup” Have Fun!!!
Visual Studio Test Manager 2010 – Exploratory Testing
07 December 10 08:58 AM | Eran Ruso | 2 comment(s)
One of the things missing in most of the Testing Tools is the “Exploratory Testing”, where the tester runs an unmanaged tests which means that no steps reproduction is done when he finds a bug. Not Anymore… In Visual Studio Test Manager 2010 there is a great function called Exploratory Bug, so how do we use it? Step 1: First create a Test Case that will be the shell for the exploratory test, all you will need to do is write the Title and the meta data for the Test Case Step 2: Run the test case from...
Feature Pack 2–Testing pack Is Available
16 November 10 10:37 PM | Eran Ruso | 1 comment(s)
Finally it is here! I have writen about the feature pack 2 in my post: “New Feature Pack For Testing Is About To Be Delivered Including Silverlight Support!” You can download the feature pack only if you are a MSDN Subscriber and you have Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate Edition Premium Edition or Test Professional from here . The Feature Pack 2 is already including Feature Pack 1. Have Fun!!!
New Feature Pack For Testing Is About To Be Delivered Including Silverlight Support!
14 November 10 07:35 AM | Eran Ruso | 1 comment(s)
A few days ago Brian Harry has announced the N ew Features and Testing Capabilities that will be released in what the call “Feature Pack 2” that is dedicated to the Testing World . Between these features there is the one thing that many are waiting for: The Recording for Silverlight! Below you can read more about the grate features that will be released with “Feature Pack 2”, the list is taken from Brian Harry’s post that you can read here . Has Soon as this pack will be released I will let you know...
Visual Studio 2010 Coded UI Test User Guide - Create A Simple Coded UI Test
27 March 10 08:47 PM | Eran Ruso | 22 comment(s)
This post is the Second post out of Four that builds the Visual Studio 2010 Coded UI Test User Guide . See the first post: “Visual Studio 2010 Coded UI Test User Guide - Introduction” On this post I will show how to create a simple Coded UI Test. The example I will use in this guide created by Microsoft and is called: “IBuySpay” The example is a web application but we will use its GUI in the Coded UI Test. A few guide lines before we start: To create a test you need to have a Test Project Base every...
How To Get To The Web Access In TFS 2010
02 March 10 12:26 PM | Eran Ruso | 4 comment(s)
In TFS 2008 the Web Access was a different installation and it came as a Power Tool to the TFS. In TFS 2010 the Web Access is installed automatically and is part of the TFS. In order to get to the Web Access in TFS 2010 do the following: In your preferred browser type: http://[YourServerName]:8080/tfs/web/ YourServerName is the tfs name for example: http://tfs-srv:8080/tfs/web/ Or you can get to it from the Team Project SharePoint Site : Have Fun!!!
Visual Studio 2010 Coded UI Test User Guide - Introduction
25 February 10 08:33 AM | Eran Ruso | 8 comment(s)
In Visual Studio 2010 Microsoft has added the Coded UI Test. Back to history: In Visual Studio 2005 Microsoft presented the Tester Edition, it contained the following parts: Web Test Automation Test Performance Test Unit Test Something that should have been a Manual Test, it was word or text documents contained the Test Cases. Practically no one used it. In Visual Studio 2008 tester edition no significant changes has been made. In Visual Studio 2010 Microsoft added more parts to the Tester Edition...
The Power Tools For The Team Explorer 2010 RC Are Now Available
24 February 10 10:59 AM | Eran Ruso | 1 comment(s)
The Power Tools For the Team Explorer 2010 RC are available. you can download the Power Tools from here . I have installed the new Power Tools and it looks good!!! One thing that always surprise me in the Power Tools installation: In the installation process the progress bar move fast until it gets to “Removing Backup Files”, it looks like the process stuck, they have this bug since the Team Explorer 2008 October release and its there to stay. One of the new things they have done in this release...
Problem Installing Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate Edition RC On Windows XP With Service Pack 3
24 February 10 09:36 AM | Eran Ruso | 1 comment(s)
There is a problem I have seen when installing Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate Edition RC On Windows XP with SP3 , the screen just disappears in the middle of the installation. At first I have seen it in one of my clients computers, the problem repeated itself on two computers both were Dell computers. What we did is upgrading the Windows version to windows 7 and the installation succeeded. Lately I am seeing the same problem on computers of different customers coming from different manufactures, same...
TFS 2010 RC And Visual Studio 2010 RC Are Available To The Public
13 February 10 08:52 PM | Eran Ruso | with no comments
From now on the TFS 2010 RC and Visual Studio 2010 RC are available to the public. The link to download is: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/dd582936.aspx Also after customers pressure to have Power Tools RC Brian Harry promised that it will be released by the end of next week no later than 02/19 so thank you Brian for the rescue. Have Fun!!!
TFS 2010 RC and Visual Studio 2010 RC Are Available
10 February 10 04:05 PM | Eran Ruso | 2 comment(s)
The TFS 2010 Release Candidate and the Visual Studio 2010 Release Candidate are now available to MSDN subscribers and in a few days they will be available to the public. I have already installed the TFS 2010 and the Team Explorer 2010, the installation was smooth but it is to early to give a feedback regarding the performance and changes made in the RC. If you decide to install it or to upgrade to the RC version take in account the following considerations: You will need to use the Server RC and...
TFS 2010 Work Items Basic User Guide Is Published
01 February 10 08:00 AM | Eran Ruso | 1 comment(s)
I am glad to announce that the TFS 2010 Work Items Basic User Guide Is finally and available to download. I have worked hard to create this guide and I will be glad to hear what you think of it. It is available to download from the TFS Guides site. I will also like to know what other user guides you need. Have Fun!!!
Creating A Coded UI Test From A Manual Recording In TFS 2010
07 January 10 07:21 AM | Eran Ruso | 9 comment(s)
The question that I am being asked a lot is: “In my Plan Settings I am recording the test steps of my manual tests, what can I do with the Coded UI recording that is created?” The answer to this question is simple, you can easily create Coded UI tests and change them to suit your automation test effort based on these recordings. How to create a Coded UI test out of an existing recording? Step 1: Create or open a Test Project Step 2: Add a new Coded UI Test Step 3: In the window that Pops Up choose...
TFS 2010 Work Items Basic User Guide – Create And Use Queries
07 January 10 06:41 AM | Eran Ruso | 8 comment(s)
This post is the Forth post out of Five that builds the TFS 2010 Work Items Basic Guide . See the first post: “TFS 2010 Work Items Basic User Guide – Introduction” I have already published posts regarding the creation of new Work Items: “TFS 2010 Work Items Basic User Guide – Create New Work Items” and about the Work Item Links: “TFS 2010 Work Items Basic User Guide – Work Item Link Types” On this post I will talk about Queries. In order to see the Work Items you have entered to the Team System you...
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