Tools for Testers


Tools for Testers

Testers are an important part of the Team System family. What they do and what they contribute is perhaps the most important part of the development process. They have the final say over the quality of the software, and they have the responsibility to perform load and stress tests on the applications. Testers do not necessarily perform development tasks, but they do work in tandem with developers. As testers find bugs and performance problems, the developers can diagnose the problems and fix them—a collaboration that is enriched with Team System.

Testers, like developers, are able to build and run unit tests and code coverage tests, but they can also run the following tests, which are unique to their edition of Team System:

  • Load Testing

    Simulate multiple users running your automated tests

  • Web Testing

    Simulate how a user might interact with a Web application

  • Manual Testing

    Step through tasks that you're not automating

  • Generic Testing

    Wrap legacy tests and other external programs

  • Test Case Management

    Used by testers to categorize all their tests

You have many new windows in Team System relating to testing, including the following ones:

  • Test View

    Allows test authoring

  • Test Manager

    Lists tests for execution

  • Test Results

    Displays the outcome of tests for execution

  • Code Coverage Results

    Displays the effectiveness of tests for execution

You'll learn more about the Tester role and related tools in Chapter 7.



Working with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team System
Working with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team System (Pro-Developer)
ISBN: 0735621853
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2006
Pages: 97

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