Software Testing with Visual Studio Team System 2008

By N. Satheesh Kumar and S. Subashni

An example testing scenario is set up, and used as reference for exploring the testing features available in Visual Studio Team System 2008. This is a concise practical guide that will help you learn... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 184719558X
• ISBN13: 9781847195586
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.5" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

It does what it says

Its a Good book for any one who wants to know more about Software Testing using Visual Studio Team System 2008. 100% worth for starters.

Great for what it says it does

If I rated this book by the English language style, I'd probably give it a 3. If I rate it by the software delivery paradigm it upholds (vs mine), I'd probably give it a 2. Again, if I rate this book by the cover design or by how it handles things peripheral to it's central mandate, I'd rate it lower than a 5. But when I took a look at that question "How do you rate this item?", I felt I have a responsibility to speak frankly to persons who are looking to learn how to do "Software Testing with Visual Studio Team System 2008". And to those folks, this is a great book. I can place my reputation on that. This book may not hold the currently in-vogue dogma of how software should be built or even tested. It may not make it to the "elegant-literary-works hall of fame". I will tell you what it does do ... that is, what it did do for me: I came to this book from an MSDN knowledge of testing VSTS and was actually writing some tests and presenting a few seminars on testing. Then, I had a client paying my company to come do some test planning for them. And I was sent there. A client is paying and so, it's not just not enough to avoid what you're not fully comfortable with. I needed a book to quickly ramp up in a week. I got this book despite the low rating because there aren't really many out there. I read this book on the bus a few days. I got all I needed and had all my questions answered. It has an unassuming way of giving you great nuggets ... and quite effortlessly too. Of course, there are things that could be cleaned up: To the authors (for version 2010 revision) * Don't say that you write unit tests after you're done writing the code; because agile purists will get mad at you. Just avoid when, just show how. * Don't say that you run smoke tests before system test or before UAT or before any one particular event for that matter; because smoke testing is a self-check procedure and can be applied anywhere, even just before go-live. * Don't use the article "the" if you are not referring to a particular noun. For instance, dont't say, "I welcome the feedback from everyone" when you mean to say, "I welcome feedback from everyone". * Don't get distracted and start discussing load testing in the web testing chapter. It could confuse persons who don't know the difference. * Don't, for the sake of completeness, dabble into areas you're not familiar with. It's ok to say, I don't know much about that ... and give a good reference. Keep to what you do well because you're good at it. * Get a good editor with a different English language background. Honestly, it will improve this work. And why would I give this book a 5* after all this? Well, you weren't listening buddy (LOL) ... the book rocks on what it says it does on the covers.

Good enough but need an advanced version

The book is good enough to guide people to start their first Testing with VS Team System. Easy to follow and straightforward. However, more advanced topics should be added or covered in order to satisfy power users especially most testing scenarios do need more manipulations than just clicking on web sites. I have to do lots of trial and error to make my test cases work, but the book is a good reference on the basic.

Great reference for every development team!

Another book review, this time for Packt's "Software Testing with Visual Studio Team System 2008" (http://www.packtpub.com/software-testing-with-visual-studio-team-system-2008/book). The book introduces you to the main types of testing available in Visual Studio Team System 2008 for both desktop and web applications, and then walks you through deploying, running, and interpreting the results of tests. The book starts with an overview of why you need testing and then lists all available test types in Visual Studio 2008. It also explains the differences between a stand alone Visual Studio 2008 and a Team Foundation Server backed version. Each chapter thereafter covers one of the test types in detail: unit tests, web tests, advanced web tests, load tests, manual tests, ... Next to these things, more information on how to deploy and run tests on a VSTS build server is provided. And when you work with a VSTS build server, chances are big reporting is enabled. These reports are also covered in detail, showing you how to interpret the data displayed. I've been working with and giving training on Visual Studio 2008 for quite a while now, including a large part on Visual Studio and testing. To be honest, I think this book really covers all aspects of testing in Visual Studio 2008, making it an ideal reference for any development team working with VSTS.