Will the formal version of VS 2011 have full test list editor feature?

Question

In VS2010, we can run the selected tests from test list editor. will we have this feature back in the formal version of VS2011? i know it is dprecated in VS 11 beta.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/dd286595(VS.110).aspx  

 

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thanks, eric

Answer 1

Hi Eric,

Running selective test from test list editor is deprecated in VS11 Beta and continue to be like that in Future versions also. We are working on an alternate solution to improve the experience of handling test lists in future builds.

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Regards,
Vikram Agrawal,
Developer, VSTLM, Microsoft Corporation

Answer 2

Wow.  This is really bad.  We have thousands of unit tests that run automatically as part of the build process, and they are controlled through test lists.  I.e., some unit tests do not work in all environments, so as build output is distributed to automated testing, run-time decisions in the test-script determine which lists get run.  This means we have zero ability to evaluate regression in migration from VS2010 to VS2011.  And, that means VS2011 is not of much interest.

Answer 3

Hi Keith,

Thanks for your feedback.

We understand your concern. We are committed toward backward compatibility and seamless migration from VS10 to VS11 without loss of functionality.

Execution using test list will continue to work from Team Build (MSTest.exe runner (VS 2010 compatible)) and Command line (mstest.exe) in VS11 (beta and later) seamlessly as it was working in VS10.

We are improving the experience of using test list from Visual Studio IDE in VS11, and this work is in progress.

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Regards,
Vikram Agrawal,
Developer, VSTLM, Microsoft Corporation

Answer 4

Just a follow-up.  Been trying to use VS2012 RC and it's really a step back.  The search for unit tests seems to work only about 20% of the time - often does nothing.  If we cannot edit test lists, then the support for existing lists doesn't help.  Where do new tests go?  How do I just execute new tests?  How do I exclude tests?

This really raises the question of whether the plan is to remove unit testing from Visual Studio, and relegate that to 3rd party plug-ins?  Is that the strategy?  If it is, we'd like to know.

Answer 5

Hi Keith,

We appreciate your concerns. We are committed for providing a productive experience for development through Visual Studio. And for the same reason we introduce new features and sometime deprecating old ones. We are not deprecating unit testing from Visual Studio, but just few scenarios from it and providing new and better ways to achieve those. We already announced in Beta that test list is being deprecated and so for VS11 existing lists will continue to work, but there will not be any authoring experience for managing or creating new lists.

For search not working most of time, if you can provide more details like what was you searching and results you were expecting will help us assist you and fixing the issue, if any, in our code.

Though migration to new ways of doing things require some one time effort and it's for long term benefit. We will be happy to understand your scenario and try helping you achieve that through our new features. If you need help for migration please write me at agrawal_vikram[at]hotmail[dot]com and I will be more than happy to help you.

Visual Studio product team listens to user voice at http://visualstudio.uservoice.com/forums/121579-visual-studio . You can send the idea over there and people can vote the idea. Product team will evaluate it seriously.

Thanks for your feedback.

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Regards,
Vikram Agrawal,
Developer, VSTLM, Microsoft Corporation