Visual Studio Test Professional 2010

Question

Visual Studio Test Professional 2010

Can the tool be used for SOA Testing

Answer 1

Yes - you can use unit tests to test web services and web/CUIT tests to test the web app via the front end.

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http://blogs.msdn.com/anutthara

Answer 2

Hi,

VS Test Professional 2010 is a great tool for managing test plans and tests cases for all project types including SOA applications.  Test Professional includes a test runner tool for manually testing the UI of the application.  If the UI for the SOA applicaiton is WinForms, WPF, or Web (and others), the clicks from the manual tests can be automated as Coded UI tests.  Developers can create unit tests that test the SOA web services/WCF endpoints.  These unit tests and coded UI tests can be associated with the test cases and run from within Test Professional (without developers!) as Anutthara suggested.  

So the tool alone won't be able to fully test SOA but with a little help from Visual Studio 2010, it can and give the QA team the ability to run the automated tests. 

I did a webcast on the new testing features in Visual Studio 2010 ALM including some demos of Test Professional. You can view it at the link below.

http://www.deliveron.com/blog/post/Whats-New-for-Testing-in-Visual-Studio-2010-Webcast.aspx

I hope this helps,

Mike

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blog - http://www.codesmartnothard.com