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Using Retention Policy to Delete Builds but Keep Test Results

There’s a good post over at...

Author: Dennis Stone (densto) Date: 07/16/2010

How to keep your Test Plans / Suites in sync with your Unit Test assemblies

In my last post I gave an overview of what automated testing looks like in VS / TFS 2010 with the...

Author: Dennis Stone (densto) Date: 03/12/2010

Automated Testing in VSTS / TFS 2010

I thought I’d make a brief post giving an overview of what automated testing looks like in our 2010...

Author: Dennis Stone (densto) Date: 03/05/2010

The Test Management API – Part 2: Creating & Modifying Test Plans

In the previous Getting Started post for this series I covered the basics of creating a connection...

Author: Dennis Stone (densto) Date: 03/03/2010

Test Impact Demo Video posted by Danny Crone

There’s a nice video demo featuring Test Impact you may find interesting here:...

Author: Dennis Stone (densto) Date: 03/03/2010

Creating Fake Builds in TFS 2010

Sometimes it can be useful to create “fake” builds in Team Foundation Server in order to...

Author: Dennis Stone (densto) Date: 03/02/2010

The Test Management API – Getting Started (Updated for RC Release)

Overview This post kicks off a series that will explore the Test Management API’s.  Using these...

Author: Dennis Stone (densto) Date: 03/02/2010

Post on Querying Test Management Objects by Duat Le

Duat Le, a Developer on our team, has put up a very nice post that goes over how to query Test...

Author: Dennis Stone (densto) Date: 03/02/2010

Test Management Terminology: What is a Test Point?

I was just getting started on what I intended to be my next post on this blog when I realized that...

Author: Dennis Stone (densto) Date: 11/19/2009

TCM.exe – A General Introduction

Along with the new tools we’ve added in VSTS 2010 for testers comes the TCM.exe command-line...

Author: Dennis Stone (densto) Date: 11/09/2009

Test Impact post by Daryush

There’s a nice post on Test Impact from within Visual Studio (geared towards Developers rather than...

Author: Dennis Stone (densto) Date: 11/09/2009

Test Impact Walk-through

One of the key areas of focus for Visual Studio Team System 2010 is to enhance the experience for...

Author: Dennis Stone (densto) Date: 06/29/2009

The Test Management API - Getting Started

Overview This post kicks off a series that will explore the Test Management API’s. Using these API’s...

Author: Dennis Stone (densto) Date: 06/12/2009

Using a Base Class for your Unit Test Classes

Overview: This post will go over some simple but effective ways to setup common initialization and...

Author: Dennis Stone (densto) Date: 05/16/2008

Using a Base Class for your Unit Test Classes

Overview: This post will go over some simple but effective ways to setup common initialization and...

Author: Dennis Stone (densto) Date: 05/16/2008

New in Orcas! Filtering Dependent Requests

One of the new Web Test features in Orcas is the ability to filter dependent requests. If you have a...

Author: Dennis Stone (densto) Date: 09/20/2007

Orcas WebTest API Enhancements

Several new API Enhancements have been made for WebTest's in the Orcas release of Visual Studio Team...

Author: Dennis Stone (densto) Date: 06/27/2007

DeclarativeWebTest & DeclarativeWebTestSerializer

In Orcas, all of the API needed to programmatically create Declarative WebTests (non-coded webtests...

Author: Dennis Stone (densto) Date: 06/27/2007

WebTestRequest.DependentRequests Collection

Another new addition to the API is the DependentRequests collection which is a property of the...

Author: Dennis Stone (densto) Date: 06/27/2007

WebTest.Outcome & WebTestRequest.Outcome

You can now determine whether a Request or Test passed or failed from within a Coded WebTest or a...

Author: Dennis Stone (densto) Date: 06/27/2007

How to Databind Web Test Properties that don't have the Databinding Dropdown UI in the Property Grid

Most of the time when you want to bind a web test, request, validation rule, or extraction rule...

Author: Dennis Stone (densto) Date: 05/03/2007

How to Databind Web Test Properties that don't have the Databinding Dropdown UI in the Property Grid

Most of the time when you want to bind a web test, request, validation rule, or extraction rule...

Author: Dennis Stone (densto) Date: 05/03/2007

QueryString Correlation: Custom Extraction Rule - Basic

using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.ComponentModel; using...

Author: Dennis Stone (densto) Date: 04/02/2007

QueryString Correlation: WebTest Plug-in

using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.ComponentModel; using System.IO; using...

Author: Dennis Stone (densto) Date: 04/02/2007

QueryString Correlation: Custom Extraction Rule - ResponseText

using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.ComponentModel; using...

Author: Dennis Stone (densto) Date: 04/02/2007

Dynamic QueryString Correlation: Custom Extraction Rules and WebTest Plug-in

Overview: What in the world is Dynamic QueryString Correlation? Dynamic QueryString values change...

Author: Dennis Stone (densto) Date: 03/19/2007

Dynamic QueryString Correlation: Custom Extraction Rules and WebTest Plug-in

Here is an article with some custom rules and plug-ins that you can use to apply dynamic querystring...

Author: Dennis Stone (densto) Date: 03/19/2007