Of all the great things we did with the product in 2010, one area I was surprised and pleased by is how far our documentation came thanks to the heroics of Howie Hilliker. Howie has been busy since we shipped, continuing to beef up the MSDN documentation. We get regular updates to the docs through “continuous publication”, or CPub, and we recently dropped the July updates on the site.
Here is a list of the new and updated topics:
New topics:
How to: Specify the Maximum Size for the Log File
Troubleshooting Network Emulation in Load Tests
Walkthrough: Adding a Loop to a Web Performance Test
How to: Run a Load Test Containing Web Performance Tests that Collects ASP.NET Profiler Data
How to: Manually Create a Load Test Performance Report Using Microsoft Word
Updated topics (Customer feedback bugs):
Added information on ClassInitialize and TestInitialize attributes:
Anatomy of a Unit Test
Added C# and Visual Basic code snips displaying accessors
Unit Tests for Private, Internal, and Friend Methods
Added screenshots and information for using SQLExpress
How to: Select a Load Test Results Repository
Added codes snip for using "Tag Inner Text" validation rule and added links to validation and extraction walkthrough
Using Validation and Extraction Rules in Web Performance Tests
Added note regarding IIS application pool credentials (closed PU bug)
How to: Collect IntelliTrace Data to Help Debug Difficult Issues
Added Tip note suggesting the use of the ColorWebApp ASP.NET sample created in the walkthrough to experiment with
How to: Create a Coded Web Performance Test
Cleaned up art - numbering sequence
Running Unit Tests on Multiple Machines Using a Test Controller and Test Agents
Walkthrough: Using a Test Controller and Test Agents in a Load Test
Using Test Controllers and Test Agents with Load Tests
Configuring Test Controllers and Test Agents for Load Testing
Reported bug - waiting on resolution
How to: Specify Test Agents to Use in Load Test Scenarios
Fixed confusion over "Performance session" vs. "ASP.NET Profiler adapter" & added links
How to: Start a Performance Session on a Web Application from the Web Performance Test Editor
Load Test Analyzer Overview
Added Links to the following topics
Added link to new related walkthrough topic
Adding Loop and Branch Logic to Web Requests in Web Performance Tests
Added links to the various walkthrough topics on binding to db, csv and XML data sources.
Binding a Data Source to a Web Performance Test
Added links to "Binding a Data Source to a Web Performance Test"
Walkthrough: Adding Data Binding to a Web Performance Test
Walkthrough: Adding Data Binding to a Web Performance Test (CSV File)
Walkthrough: Adding Data Binding to a Web Performance Test (XML File)
Added link to new walkthrough on using a loop condition in a Web performance test
Web Performance Test Walkthroughs
What's New for Web Performance and Load Testing
How to: Add Loops to Web Performance Tests Requests
Added information on DLL version error work-around
How to: Create a Load Test Plug-In
How to: Create a Recorder Plug-In
How to: Create a Request-Level Plug-In
How to: Create a Web Performance Test Plug-In
Added link to new topic "How to: Run a Load Test Containing Web Performance Tests that Collects ASP.NET Profiler Data"
How to: Configure ASP.NET Profiler for Load Tests Using Test Settings
How to: Create a Test Setting for a Distributed Load Test
Added link to new topic "Troubleshooting Network Emulation in Load Tests"
How to: Add Networks Using the Load Test Editor
Specifying Virtual Network Types in a Load Test Scenario
Troubleshooting Load and Web Performance Tests
Troubleshooting Load Tests
Running Load Tests
Added link to new topic "How to: Specify the Maximum Size for the Log File"
Modifying Load Test Logging Settings
Added link to new topic "How to: Manually Create a Load Test Performance Report Using Microsoft Word"
Reporting Load Tests Results for Test Comparisons or Trend Analysis
How to: Create Load Test Performance Reports Using Microsoft Excel
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