Productivity

Along with the brand new goodies coming with the latest release of Telerik JustCode, i.e. support for QUnit and Jasmine JavaScript testing frameworks, opening the API to the public, All Types Code Completion (a.k.a. JustCode IntelliSense), etc., there comes a major overhaul of an old friend of ours – the Visual Aid, or lovingly shortened to VA. The main part of the rework there is in the direction of behavior configurability. Thus, a stand-alone VA settings page is brought to life in the Visual Features menu of JustCode options dialog. The old settings are still there. "Show visual aid tag" option will show/hide the...

Test Studio lets you bring your manual test cases in to our environment where you can run, track trends, and report on your manual tests. More importantly, you can use our Fast Forward feature to quickly step you through tedious setup and navigation actions. I’ve just posted a video on Telerik TV showing off this feature. It’s a step-by-step walkthrough meant to get you up and rolling with effective, useful manual tests. I also talk about something I feel very strongly about: Not test case should be automated. (I even wrote a blog post on this some time back, as ...

In my last blog post, I introduced you to our new HTML 5 based xView extension to TeamPulse and specifically wrote about the Project Status view. In this post, I’ll go into further detail about the People Status view. People Status xView The goal of this xView is to give high-level work information about all of the people using TeamPulse and to assist in identifying people who may require help. As with the Project Status view, we wanted this view to allow people to focus on the most important information in a single glance. If people don’t require help, ...

I’ve just updated our video on debugging tests in Visual Studio to show off the most current version of Test Studio. Have a look at this short video to get an overview of working with debugging in coded steps/tests. You’ll see the object explorer, Intellitrace, and a reminder about how cool the Immediate Window is when you’re exploring your code through the debugger! I also posted a brand-new video showing how to work with Test Lists inside Visual Studio. This short video shows you how to set up test lists to deal with Test Studio tests. You’ll see a ...

At a single glance. That’s what it should take to know when something isn’t right on your projects. Knowing that something is wrong with your project should be as easy as glancing at a visual indicator. You shouldn’t have to interpret anything. You shouldn’t have to be an expert in metrics or project analysis. You should easily be able to tell that something isn’t right … with a single glance. Monitor and control systems have been around since the dawn of innovation. We see these types of systems all over industry – simple and intuitive displays representing the health of ...