Musings on software development

Anutthara Bharadwaj's notes on software development, Visual Studio and other random stuff

Recently, I have been spending time reviewing papers submitted to two of the biggest software...

Date: 11/28/2011

Continuing from the previous post, here is our last myth: Myth 3: Bugs found through exploratory...

Date: 11/22/2011

Let's pick up mythbusting from where we left off Myth 2: There is no way to measure exploratory...

Date: 11/03/2011

Over the past few weeks, we have heard a spate of complaints about TFS database being bloated with...

Date: 10/30/2011

In the last part, I introduced exploratory testing and looked at some advantages of employing...

Date: 10/20/2011

I have been meaning to put together a series of blog posts on exploratory testing - how exploratory...

Date: 10/20/2011

Cliched, but true : the thing I love the most about Microsoft is the chance to work with some of the...

Date: 02/08/2011

Visual Studio 2010 Feature Pack 2 is now available to MSDN subscribers. The feature pack contains...

Date: 11/15/2010

We recently released a rollup QFE for Microsoft Test Manager that contains fixes for some crashes,...

Date: 11/01/2010

Customers trying to start up with MTM newly, often ask for general guidance around how to start from...

Date: 09/22/2010

[Update on 11/14/2010] The Silverlight UI automation features are now released and available for...

Date: 07/14/2010

Cross browser testing on IE and FireFox is now supported in Visual Studio Test Tools with the...

Date: 04/19/2010

Whenever we talk about platform coverage for UI automation one of the frequent requests is support...

Date: 03/21/2010

Exploratory testing(ET) as defined by Bach is simultaneous learning, test design and execution. It...

Date: 02/17/2010

When I talk to customers about using test tools, often enough, there are widely varying expectations...

Date: 02/15/2010

This post will continue the previous post of Scaling up your CUIT UI automation for real world...

Date: 02/10/2010

Our team has been busy putting together content for the Test Tools in Visual Studio 2010, and here...

Date: 02/09/2010

Our team has been busy putting together content for the Test Tools in Visual Studio 2010, and here...

Date: 02/09/2010

One of the complaints that we heard often from Coded UI test users in Beta2 was that the coded UI...

Date: 02/08/2010

The pricing for the VS2010 SKUs are finally available. Check out the table below for retail prices...

Date: 01/25/2010

VS2010 Beta2 comes with a default license of only 250 virtual users per client. So, if you want to...

Date: 01/21/2010

Here is a snapshot of the platform support provided by Coded UI (and also ability to Fast Forward in...

Date: 01/14/2010

The VSTS Rangers have come up with this great set of content on VS2010 ALM that is basically...

Date: 01/13/2010

Our PM team has put together a great series of demo videos to illustrate the new set of features...

Date: 12/21/2009

Yes, you CAN run your unit tests or any other VS test type on a machine without having Visual Studio...

Date: 12/16/2009

If you were recording your application while doing manual testing inside MTLM, you must have come...

Date: 12/04/2009

Check out the VS ALM challenge at https://www.vsalmchallenge.com/ – exciting stuff! Take the...

Date: 12/03/2009

Are you having trouble identifying a few of your WPF controls in Coded UI Test after upgrading to...

Date: 12/02/2009

I just gave a talk with the same title at Virtual Tech Days 2010. Deck and videos shared on my...

Date: 11/12/2009

Importing test cases from Excel to VS2010 is a no longer a pain. Check out Test Case Migrator...

Date: 11/06/2009

The Coded UI test interface has undergone a redesign in Beta2 to make it easier and more intuitive....

Date: 10/27/2009

We are back in Beta2 with a bunch of new stuff in Coded UI test for UI automation testers. First up,...

Date: 10/25/2009

With the new SKU structure in Visual Studio, there is no longer any SKU called “Team System”. So,...

Date: 10/23/2009

Lately, we’ve been asked by some of our users if they can use VSTS 2010 test features to test their...

Date: 08/27/2009

When testing UI applications, you often want to locate a control on the app under test that has...

Date: 08/19/2009

Lately, there has been a hurried slew of queries on migrating test cases to VSTS 2010 from other...

Date: 08/19/2009

Yay - I finally got to see our Dev10 Team Test bits being used in production! E&D team in in...

Date: 07/16/2009

Well – the tech preview for Office 2010 is now public – and I am bursting to tell you guys my...

Date: 07/15/2009

Getting a video recording of your test to attach to the bug you file on your developer can be a...

Date: 06/26/2009

When testing UI applications, specially web apps, we frequently encounter the problem of window...

Date: 06/11/2009

As I sit here @ Tech Ed 2009 in Hyderabad, that’s what I am wondering looking at the sparse audience...

Date: 05/13/2009

Check out this article in ITMagz.com that covers the latest trends in software testing. This is...

Date: 04/21/2009

You have already used the bug tracking system (WIT) in TFS before. So, we integrated this bug...

Date: 12/05/2007

Right after we RTM-ed Orcas last Monday, we are out with the November CTP of Rosario VSTS. Go on...

Date: 12/01/2007

So, we've been heads down building the latest Rosario CTP of VSTT for you guys. Some good new stuff...

Date: 11/26/2007

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