Exploring Visual Studio 2010 ALM Tools, Part 3 of 4

Course description

Tracking and maintaining a software development project requires a team effort. With big improvements in the Application Lifecycle Management tools in Visual Studio 2010, project tracking can now be part of the development process. Anybody from team members, to project managers can now update tasks, check in code, run a testing matrix, report bugs and so much more. In this course you will start with an introduction to the ALM tools found in Visual Studio 2010 Premium Edition. These tools cover user roles, management, reporting and work tracking. Then the course will move onto version control with side by side code comparison. Then you will be shown the Team Build Architecture and working with Microsoft Test and Lab Manager.

Each LearnNowOnline training course is made up of Modules (typically an hour in length). Within each module there are Topics (typically 15-30 minutes each) and Subtopics (typically 2-5 minutes each). There is a Post Exam for each Module that must be passed with a score of 70% or higher to successfully and fully complete the course.

Meet the expert

Chris Menegay

Chris Menegay is a Microsoft MVP and a Microsoft Regional Director. His process tool knowledge is broad, but primarily focuses on the Microsoft ALM tools. Chris is the VP of Consulting for Notion Solutions, Inc., a consulting and training firm specializing in software development process improvement. He has written white papers and magazine articles and has been a frequent speaker on software development best practices at several industry conferences.

Video Runtime

156 Minutes

Time to complete

196 Minutes

Course Outline

Module 5

Automated Testing (18:15)

• Introduction (00:37)
• Demo:Testing in Visual Studio (01:45)
• Demo:Add New Test (00:49)
• Demo:Create Unit Tests (01:29)
• Demo:Edit Test Settings (04:51)
• Demo:Test Results (03:46)
• Demo:Debug Selection (01:52)
• Demo:Test List Editor (02:37)
• Summary (00:24)

Coded UI Testing (38:31)

• Introduction (01:22)
• Demo:Coded UI Test Builder (12:39)
• Demo:Writing Coded UI Test (09:06)
• Demo:Known Start State (06:50)
• Demo:Find Buttons (07:59)
• Summary (00:32)

Data Driven Coded UI Testing (14:41)

• Introduction (00:27)
• Demo:Data Coded UI Test (02:06)
• Demo:Create CSV File (03:16)
• Demo:Using CSV File (03:30)
• Demo:Deploy CSV File (01:06)
• Demo:Running Test (00:50)
• Demo:Code Details (00:40)
• Demo:Manual Test Cases (02:14)
• Summary (00:29)

Module 6

Web Testing (27:37)

• Introduction (00:35)
• Demo:Web Testing (02:10)
• Demo:Add Web Test (01:50)
• Demo:Add Requests (01:10)
• Demo:Form Post Parameters (02:12)
• Demo:Web Test Editor (01:20)
• Demo:Add Data Source (00:43)
• Demo:Context Parameters (01:01)
• Demo:Validation Rule (02:20)
• Demo:Extract Hidden Fields (00:53)
• Demo:Extraction Rules (02:07)
• Demo:Call Properties (01:39)
• Demo:Test Plugins (02:23)
• Demo:Parameterize Web Servers (01:32)
• Demo:Generate Code (05:16)
• Summary (00:18)

Load Testing (29:19)

• Introduction (01:20)
• Demo:Load Test (03:11)
• Demo:Create Load Test (12:22)
• Demo:Load Test Options (01:51)
• Demo:IP Switching (02:11)
• Demo:Run Settings (00:35)
• Demo:Run Test (01:23)
• Demo:Stored Results Data (01:10)
• Demo:Custom Counter Sets (00:59)
• Demo:Add Threshold Rule (03:44)
• Summary (00:28)

Modeling Tools (28:02)

• Introduction (00:33)
• Demo:Modeling Project (01:08)
• Demo:Class Diagram (05:32)
• Demo:Sequence Diagram (03:36)
• Demo:Use Case Diagram (02:37)
• Demo:Activity Diagram (01:54)
• Demo:Component Diagram (01:29)
• Demo:Layer Diagram (02:52)
• Demo:Dependency Graph (03:46)
• Demo:Architecture Explorer (04:08)
• Summary (00:22)