ProfessionalSoftware Testing with Visual Studio 2005 Team System ppt

[...]... and test engineers Specifically, we are looking at Visual Studio Team Edition for Software Page xxiii Arnold flast.tex V3 - 08/02/2007 Introduction Developers (VSTESD) and Visual Studio Team Edition for Software Testers (VSTEST), which are part of the overall Visual Studio Team System The goals of this book are to: ❑ Introduce you to the Visual Studio Team System big picture ❑ Walk you through the overall... whatever approach your team chooses to take in applying them to your project We have recommended links to further educate you on such practices in Appendix F What This Book Covers This book looks at the tools found in the Visual Studio Team Edition for Software Developers (VSTESD) and Visual Studio Team Edition for Software Testers (VSTEST) editions of the Visual Studio 2005 Team System xxiv 10:32am Page... software testing company (later sold to Lionbridge/Veritest) Tom is currently a program manager at Microsoft on the OfficeLive.com team Tom can be reached at http://www.msvstest.com Dominic Hopton is a software development engineer on the Visual Studio Enterprise Test team at Microsoft One of the original team members, Dominic helped fashion the new development and testing tools in Visual Studio 2005 He... Tom Arnold was a program manager for Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team System, specifically for the testing tools He has also managed other commercial testing tools projects by Microsoft and Rational Software and has spoken at such industry conferences as STAR, Microsoft Tech Ed, Internet World, and many others In addition to two other books on software testing, he has produced three video series on... Software Development Life Cycle — Using the tools as part of a team setting, specifically with Visual Studio Team Foundation Server (VSTFS) ❑ Appendixes — How-to’s and walk-throughs to help you see the workflow at a quick glance: ❑ Appendix A, Installing Team Explorer — Connecting your installation of Visual Studio to your team s VSTFS server ❑ Appendix B, Creating and Running a Web Test: A High-Level Walk-Through... Software Testing with Visual Studio 2005 Team System (either by using the Search box or by using one of the title lists), and click the Download Code link on the book’s detail page to obtain all the source code for the book Because many books have similar titles, you may find it easiest to search by ISBN; this book’s ISBN is 978-0-470-14978-2 Once you download the code, just decompress it with your... project was important to us as a team, it was critically important when we had investors — whether they were venture capitalists, the corporate VP sponsoring the new effort, or our friends and family who loaned us the start-up capital — who wanted to know what progress was being made with the money they had so graciously provided and placed at risk Enter Visual Studio 2005 Team System: a suite of tools addressing... Ed Glass for their informative blogs and helpful e-mails Page xiii Arnold fack.tex V4 - 08/02/2007 10:30am Page xiv Arnold halftitle.tex V4 - 08/02/2007 10:30am Professional Software Testing with Visual Studio 2005 Team System Page xv Arnold halftitle.tex V4 - 08/02/2007 10:30am Page xvi Arnold ftoc.tex V3 - 08/02/2007 10:31am Contents Introduction Chapter 1: Introduction to VSTEST and VSTESD The Software... code, because this is the first time testing tools have been integrated into Visual Studio from the ground up Regardless, there is not sufficient space for us to go into great depth regarding Visual Studio itself We instead focus mainly on the testing and analysis tools found specifically in the VSTEST and VSTESD editions of VSTS We do not discuss in detail any specific testing methodologies or recommend... xxviii 10:32am Page xxviii Arnold c01.tex V2 - 08/02/2007 Introduction to VSTEST and VSTESD As part of introducing you to Visual Studio Team Edition for Software Testers (VSTEST) and Visual Studio Team Edition for Software Developers (VSTESD), we need to see where these tools fit within the life cycle of software development To give you, the reader, a better understanding of this, we’re going to discuss . ffirs.tex V4 - 08/02/2007 10:24am Page v Professional Software Testing with Visual Studio ® 2005 Team System ToolsforSoftwareDevelopers andTestEngineers Tom Arnold Dominic. frontcover1.tex V4 - 08/02/2007 10:23am Page i Professional Software Testing with Visual Studio ® 2005 Team System Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xxiii Chapter