Productivity: Testing

I’m happy to announce that after all the efforts of the ArtOfTest and Telerik teams during the last several months the product is now ready for you to enjoy! WebUI Test Studio v2.0 (Beta) is out with the Q3 2009 release and the final v2.0 is expected in December. WebAii Framework First of all, our advanced Click & Play automation solution is now upgraded with the latest WebAii Testing Framework! This means that all the additions we worked on and released till now in the automation framework are finally available in WebUI Test Studio as well. For all interested ...

No doubt StackOverflow.com became a great resource for software developers. As a tester though, I’ve been looking for a good Q&A tester oriented alternative for a long time now. That’s why I really enjoyed the news about Testing.StackExchange site availability. It actually shares the same successful technology as Stack Overflow and has the potential to become as helpful as its brother is. Although it’s still new, I’ve already found some great experts in the software testing field not only signed-in but actively contributing. Credits go to Mr. Justin Hunter who announced the site several weeks ago. Thanks also to Alan ...

NOTE: This blog entry is specific to the old DockingManager control. If you are interested in using the latest version of the TCEK w/the RadDock, I've posted an updated blog entry here. Welcome to the fourth tutorial in my series of tutorials about the Telerik CAB Enabling Kit. This week, we will learn how to use the RadDockableWorkspace. I will be using the completed project from tutorial 2 as a base for this project. If you have not completed the second tutorial, I suggest doing so before completing this tutorial. You can find it here. Otherwise, click here to ...

  Along with the Service Pack of RadControls for Silverlight Q2 we released an update of the free test automation solution, the WebAii Testing Framework. There are additions, fixes and improvements in all the components including the core WebAii, WebAii RadControls for Silverlight and ASP.NET AJAX. With this post I’d like to bring your attention to the latest addition to our Silverlight controls wrappers – the RadHtmlPlaceholder one. As you probably know, the control itself is a pretty useful component part of the RadControls for Silverlight suite.

Closely monitoring the customer feedback on our web testing tools, I noticed that various issues have actually been caused by outdated versions of the RadControls used along with the most recent testing tools versions. Please note that we highly recommend using the versions of RadControls and the testing tools from the exact same release. Let me explain why. I completely understand why customers do not always upgrade their applications with the latest RadControls (at least not immediately). “If it works, do not touch it” is a common principle. Of course that’s a matter of choice. However, as a ...