Visual Studio 2012 Update 2

Download and Install	Visual Studio 2012 Update 2 CTP 3
Blogs	Introducing JavaScript Execution on InternetExplorer and CrossBrowser in Coded UI Test Introducing window based smart match for Cross Browser Testing with Coded UI Test UI Testing of Microsoft SharePoint 2013 with Visual Studio 2012

Visual Studio 2012 Update 1

Download and Install	Visual Studio 2012 Update 1
Features	Using Different Web Browsers with Coded UI Tests
Blogs	Introducing Cross Browser Testing with Coded UI Tests Troubleshooting tips for cross browser testing in Coded UI Test Retrying failed playback actions with Coded UI Coded UI Test: Configuring Search Properties while recording on Internet Explorer Coded UI Test Support Matrix (updated Oct 2012)
Videos	Record on IE and Playback everywhere Author cross browser tests with Coded UI Test Builder Author cross browser tests using plain hand coding without UI Map Run cross browser tests sequentially on multiple browsers Troubleshoot cross browser test failures

Visual Studio 2012

Download & Install	Visual Studio Downloads
Features	Editing Coded UI Tests using the Coded UI Test Editor Upgrading Coded UI Tests Support for HTML5 in Internet Explorer 9 and Internet Explorer 10
Blogs	Migrating Coded UI Test Projects on VS 2012 Coded UI Test: Why does application close after each test in Visual Studio 2012? Enabling Tracing and HtmlLogger in Coded UI Test UI Testing SharePoint 2010 with Visual Studio 2012 Visual Studio 11 Beta - What is new in Coded UI Tests? UI Test Plugin for Silverlight Applications

 

Getting Started with Coded UI Test
Introduction to Coded UI Test	Testing the User Interface with Automated UI Tests
Platform Support	Coded UI Test Support Matrix (updated Oct 2012) Supported Configurations and Platforms for Coded UI Tests and Action Recordings Testing support for Silverlight Apps in Visual Studio 2010
Online Help	How to: Generate a Coded UI Test from an Action Recording How to: Create an Action Recording How to: Generate a Coded UI Test by Recording the Application Under Test How to: Add UI Controls And Validation Code Using the Coded UI Test Builder How to: Create a Data-Driven Coded UI Test How to: Add Requirements or User Stories to Your Test Plan Running Automated Tests How to: Configure and Run Scheduled Tests After Building Your Application Running Automated Tests from the Command Line How to: Set Up Your Test Agent to Run Tests That Interact with the Desktop Best Practices for Coded UI Tests Coded UI Extension for custom controls
FAQ	FAQs - 1 FAQs - 2 Next Sibling Why is my application launch not recorded properly Automating Mouse Actions with 2 buttons clicked at the same time
Forum	Visual Studio UI Automation Testing (includes CodedUI)
Webcasts & Videos	VS2010 demos for testing tools – MTLM, CUIT and related features
Community/Partners	http://cuite.codeplex.com/ http://uimaptoolbox.codeplex.com/ http://vsarcodeduiguide.codeplex.com/ http://psr4vs.codeplex.com/ http://uitestajaxmaskededit.codeplex.com/ http://vsarcodeduiword.codeplex.com/ http://codeduicodefirst.codeplex.com/
More on testing capabilities of VS 2010	Defining Your Testing Effort Using Test Plans Creating and Managing Tests Setting Up Test Machines to Run Tests or Collect Data Running Tests Submitting Bugs Tracking Software Quality
Working with Coded UI Test
Creating a Coded UI Test	How to: Generate a Coded UI Test from an Action Recording How to: Generate a Coded UI Test by Recording the Application Under Test How to: Add UI Controls And Validation Code Using the Coded UI Test Builder
Understanding the generated code/ Customizing the code	Understanding the code generated by “Coded UI Test” – Part 1 Understanding the code generated by “Coded UI Test” – Part 2 How does UI Test Framework find (search) for a control Search Configuration Next Sibling Understanding Window Search and Windowed properties Significance of Window Titles in Coded UI Test Playback Why is selection of an item getting recorded as a Mouse Click action? Search Configuration–Expand While Searching
Data Driving	Data Driving Coded UI Tests
Running on remote machine	How to: Configure and Run Scheduled Tests After Building Your Application
Running from Microsoft Test Manager	How to: Run Automated Tests from a Test Plan Using Microsoft Test and Lab Manager
Debugging & Troubleshooting	Troubleshooting Record and Playback issues in Coded UI Test  Logging a message in test result as part of an automated test How To: Enable Tracing for “UI Test” Components Not Supported Exception/Not Implemented Exception thrown when debugging codeduitest Illustration of Coded UI Test playback failure - "Search may have failed at ControlX as it may have virtualized children ..." Handling playback failures in Coded UI Test due to stale UI controls Accessing some "unreachable" WPF controls in Coded UI Test Decoding the Coded UI Test playback failure - "Search may have failed at ControlX as it may have virtualized children ..." Make sure Codeduitest is able to identify element inside a Hidden TabItem
Analysis of Results	Analyzing Test Results in MTM – Part I Analyzing Test Results in MTM – Part II
Build, Deploy & Test workflow	Quick Start Guide for Automating Build, Deployment, and Test
API References	Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UITesting Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UITesting.HtmlControls Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UITesting.WinControls Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UITesting.WpfControls
Best Practices for Coded UI Test	Best Practices for Coded UI Tests Guidelines on improving performance of Coded UI Test playback
How To's	How To: Get automation working properly on data bound WPF list or combo box How To: Select a list item directly How To: Get same test running under different environments How To: Make playback wait for certain event? How To: Configure search properties used by recorder\code generation Walkthrough: Using multiple Coded UI maps in test automation How To: Image comparison in Coded UI Test How To: Get UI Testing methods working outside the Test Method of Coded UI Test How To: Validate Background Color or other custom properties of WPF control in Coded UI Test How to handle Z-index issue in WPF applications How to automate mouse actions with two buttons clicked at the same time. Coded UI Test–Record one application only Verifying WPF data bound item controls in Coded UI Test recording context
Extending Coded UI Test
Adding support for a UI Framework	Coded UI Test - New Extensibility QFE Coded UI Test Extension for 3rd party controls - the basics explained Coded UI Test Extension for 3rd party Windows Forms controls–How to? Coded UI Tests for jqueryui Introduction to Coded UI Test Extensibility “Hello, World” Extension for Coded UI Test Introducing Sample Excel Extension Technology Adapter of Sample Excel Extension Adding new Control support in a Coded UI Test Plugin Few tips on implementing a Coded UI Test Plugin Extension
Supplementing additional properties for a control	Property Provider of Sample Excel Extension
Adding filtering rules to recording	Action Filter of Sample Excel Extension
Other extensibility scenarios	Writing your own client using uitest object model Extending Supported Properties set of a control Writing Extension for WPF Custom Control
API Library of common tasks
Extensibility API References	Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UITest.Extension Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UITest.Common Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UITest.Common.UIMap Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UITest.CodeGeneration
Extensibility in other testing tools in VS	Extending the Visual Studio Unit Test Type Creating a Diagnostic Data Adapter to Collect Custom Data or Impact a Test System The Test Management API - Getting Started
Deep Dives
Accessibility
Fix Accessibility Issue	How To: Get automation working properly on data bound WPF list or combo box
UI Test Framework	UI Test Framework - Part 1 UI Test Framework - Part 2
Details of each UI Framework Supported - Differences, Known Issues and Workarounds
Web	IE Plugin Part 1 IE Plugin Part 2 UI Test Framework Firefox support
WinForms	WinForms Plugin Part 1 WinForms Plugin Part 2
WPF	WPF Plugin Part 1 WPF Plugin Part 2
SharePoint	UI Test Framework Sharepoint support
MFC/Win32	UI Test Framework MFC support
Release Highlights
Visual Studio 2010 SP1 & QFE	Download & Install Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1 Features http://support.microsoft.com/kb/983509 553625 (https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/553625) : Coded UI test projects are incompatible with Setup and Deployment projects in the same solution. 597945 (https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/597945) :A UITestException exception is thrown in the BrowserWindow.FindMatchingControls method. UI Test controls that are added to UIMap are case-insensitive. Creating a Coded UI Test from an existing action recording do not display in the alternative credentials dialog box. Coded UI Support for IE9 with SP1 Blogs New QFE for Visual Studio 2010 testing tools How to test deep hierarchy controls using Coded UI Test in WPF?
Visual Studio 2010 Feature Pack 2	Download & Install Visual Studio 2010 Feature Packs Features Recording Tests Using Windows Internet Explorer and Playing Back Using Mozilla Firefox Editing Coded UI Tests Using the Coded UI Test Editor Testing Silverlight Applications with Coded UI Tests or Action Recordings Blogs Feature Pack 2 is Available! Visual Studio 2010 Feature Pack 2 –Videos Why does Coded UI Test Playback fail to scroll the Silverlight Control into view How to fetch properties of a Silverlight Control. Understand the search logic for Silverlight Controls How to validate properties of nested controls in Silverlight Test Automation for Silverlight DataGrid in Coded UI Test
Popular Blogs	Anutthara Bharadwaj Gautam Goenka Balachander G. Subramaniam Rubel Singhal Siddhartha Pandey Tapas Sahoo Deepak Singhal Rituparna Paul Team Blog