How do i deploy Silverlight web application as part of the TFS build.

Question

Hi ,

I have requirement to run the Silverlight UI automated test cases as part of the BUIld.

I have my UI automation test cases which runs on silverlight Web application., So I have to run these test cases on build server as part of the TFS build.

How do i deploy silverlight application as part of the  TFS build. I have to host silverlight web application on server machine once the build is triggered and then run my UI test cases. 

Any suggestions will help us lot ..

 

Thanks,

Shankar.

 

 

Answer 1

Use Web Deploy to achieve that that is part of VS 2010.

http://www.ewaldhofman.nl/post/2010/04/12/Auto-deployment-of-my-web-application-with-Team-Build-2010-to-add-Interactive-Testing.aspx

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Answer 2

Hi Shankar,

 

Thanks for your post.

 

For this issue, have you took Ewald’s suggestion?

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Answer 3

We can assume ShankarH already has a TFS build solution setup, the actual question is how to deploy a Silverlight application as part of the build. The url you posted says nothing about Silverlight, so it's seems like a weak attempt. How do you add a Silverlight project to an existing build with out TFS flipping out about what to do with a Xap file and making sure the Xap gets placed in the right spot, that's the true question we all want to know.