VSTS Testing - functional and regression at the GUI level

All,

I have spent three days looking for training on how to use this tool and from most sites the reply is ‘don’t use it, it does not work’.I am looking for the functional-regression testing tool at the GUI level like Robot, SilkTest, Test Partner.

In the past ten years, I have used Rational Robot 3 years; SilkTest 5 years; Test Partner 2 years and many other little tools.We are now using VSTS and are looking into the Testing tool for VSTS (VSTT I think).We have the complete foundation server suite and were told has everything.

Many (most) sites say the tools from MS are just not ready for user and do ‘not very much useful’.Some of these sites might be bias and I thought I would ask for positive posting and training posting, about the MS tools for functional and regression testing at the GUI level.

At this company, I have about 250 Test Partner Scripts and Functions written in VB that I need to see if they can be copied or generated in the new tool.

Any information in this area will be received with open arms.

Bruce MD

[2269 byte] By [BruceMD] at [2008-1-3]
# 1

Bruce,

VSTT as it exists in VS 2005 and VS Codename "Orcas" has support for the following types of testing;

Unit Testing,

Load Testing

Web/Protocol/Server

You are correct that today we do not provide GUI automation testing today. Hence I would recomend sticking with your current products, Test Partner and Automated QA are both partners of VS and have integration with Team System

-Euan

VS Team Test

EuanGarden at 2007-9-25 > top of Msdn Tech,Visual Studio Team System,Visual Studio Team System - Web and Load Testing...
# 2

Euan

Thank you for the reply.

One question I would follow up with then.Is VS looking at developing a GUI functional – regression testing tool or will this is third party integration?

If VS is working on this level of testing is there a timeframe yet?

Thanks again,

Bruce MD

BruceMD at 2007-9-25 > top of Msdn Tech,Visual Studio Team System,Visual Studio Team System - Web and Load Testing...
# 3
There is no timeframe yet, this will not remain a partner only solution.
EuanGarden at 2007-9-25 > top of Msdn Tech,Visual Studio Team System,Visual Studio Team System - Web and Load Testing...
# 4
Can VSTS be used for load testing Client Server applications!
GeorgeUkkuru at 2007-9-25 > top of Msdn Tech,Visual Studio Team System,Visual Studio Team System - Web and Load Testing...
# 5

Short Answer: Yes its possible.

Longer Answer: It depends on the app, but with work you can do it.

Lets take the most simple case of some GUI (say winforms) that makes web service calls to a mid tier server that calls into the back end. You can write coded tests against the web service and then use those in a load test.

What you can't do today is to do some sort of video recording in the winforms UI and then use that as a load test.

EuanGarden at 2007-9-25 > top of Msdn Tech,Visual Studio Team System,Visual Studio Team System - Web and Load Testing...

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