In this blog post I am going to update Bill Barnett's post which describes the tables and columns in the load test database. Here is Bill's original post which applies to VS 2005 and VS 2008: 2008 Database First, in VS 2010 the default load test database name has been changed from LoadTest to LoadTest2010...

This post is going to be one more sample of a Web Test Recorder Plug-in. The recorder plug-ins are a new feature in VS 2010. In this sample, we will convert comments that are entered in the recorder into transactions. I have heard this request from a number of people and thought it would be a useful...

In a previous post I wrote about a new feature that was added for VS 2010 called extensible recorder plug-ins. Here is that post: Recorder Plug-ins Basically recorder plug-ins give you the opportunity to modify a recorded web test prior to the test being saved back to the web test editor. So if you always...

One of the new features in VSTS 2010 is Data Collectors. Data collectors can run as part of your test run and then associate the data collected with the test. This is also an extensibility point. You can create your own data collectors and store any kind of data with your test runs. The following are...

We continue to add features to the declarative web test model that will try to allow you to stay in the web test editor and only go to code for custom rules, plugins, etc. Prior to VSTS 2010, if you wanted to do any real branching or looping in web tests, you would have to go to code. In VSTS 2010 we...

This blog post will describe the enhancements that have been made to the data source functionality in web tests. We have heard the following feedback a number of times: I would like to be able to reload the data source while a load test is running I want to be able to use a column in my data...

Most of my recent posts have been about new features in VS 2010. This post is going to show you how to debug your custom rules. This applies to VS 2005, VS 2008 and VS 2010. First let’s create a Test Project Then Right click on the project node and select Add –> Web Test Record a simple...

One request which we have received a number of times is something like, “The Web test playback UI is great for when you are in VS, but I need to share these results with others. Can I generate a report from the web test result?” In VS 2005 and 2008, the web test result was stored in a trx file which...

This is another post about new VS 2010 web/load testing features. You can get the beta here: beta download In this post I am going to talk about a new load test feature called “Load test virtual user activity visualization”. This feature is a new way to look at load test data. In this feature we will...

Now that VSTS 2010 beta 1 is available I will be writing a series of blog posts highlighting new Web and Load testing features. You can get the beta here: beta download The first feature that I want to review is creating load test run to run comparison reports with excel. With this release we have...

Now that VSTS 2010 beta 1 is available I will be writing a series of blog posts highlighting new Web and Load testing features. You can get the beta here: beta download The first feature that I want to review is creating load test run to run comparison reports with excel. With this release we have...

This blog post will show you how to create custom load profiles by walking you thorugh the process of creating one which will step the user load up and then back down: http://blogs.msdn.com/slumley/pages/creating-a-custom-load-profile-which-will-step-user-load-up-and-then-back-down.aspx

This blog post is going to show you how to create a custom load profile. Out of the box there are 3 load profiles: constant, step and goal. I will show you how to create a load profile and how to set it with a load test plug-in. We will walk through creating a profile which is similar to the step profile...

This blog post gives an overview of the load test plug-in extensibility point and provides a few samples of what they can do: http://blogs.msdn.com/slumley/pages/load-test-plug-ins.aspx

Check out the following guide for answers to many different questions on web and load testing: http://vstt2008qrg.codeplex.com/ This covers the following topics: SETUP CONSIDERATIONS WEB TEST CONSIDERATIONS WEB SERVICE TEST CONSIDERATIONS UNIT TEST CONSIDERATIONS LOAD TEST CONSIDERATIONS...

This blog post will show you how you can run web and load tests from the command-line: http://blogs.msdn.com/slumley/pages/running-web-and-load-tests-from-the-command-line.aspx

This blog post will show you how to run a web test or load test from the command-line instead of from within Visual Studio. Most of the time you will want to run you web or load test from within visual studio, but you can run them from a command-line. Maybe you have a set of 5 web tests that you want...

This blog post will show you how you can collect code coverage data when running web and load tests: http://blogs.msdn.com/slumley/pages/collecting-code-coverage-data-when-running-web-load-tests.aspx

This blog post will show you how to collect code coverage data from your asp.net applications while running a web test. In this post I will go over how to collect coverage data when running your asp.net app against the development server and against IIS. First let’s create a very simple web app...

Check out this blog post for how to share test results: http://blogs.msdn.com/slumley/pages/sharing-results.aspx

This blog will just point out the ability to save out results of a set of tests. For example, you can run a web test or a set of unit tests and then share those results with another person on your team. Maybe you ran a web test and see a problem that you want to share with a developer. You can export...

The following blog post will describe how to create custom counter sets: http://blogs.msdn.com/slumley/pages/creating-custom-counter-sets.aspx

This blog post will describe how to create custom counter sets. First let me start with what a counter set is. It is a collection of counters that you can collect during the execution of a load test. Visual Studio provides a number of counter sets already defined. They are sets such as IIS or SQL. In...

The following blog post will discuss access methods in data sources and what happens when you run a load test on multiple agents. http://blogs.msdn.com/slumley/pages/description-of-access-methods-in-data-sources.aspx

This blog post will discuss the access methods of data sources. Data sources are used when you want to bind a field in your web test to a database, csv file, xml file, etc. For example you might have a database that contains a list of users for your system. If you add this database to your web test,...