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    Updated: Installation and Activation Video

    We’ve just posted an updated version of the installation and activation video to reflect the latest changes in Test Studio. This six minute video walks you through installing and activating Test Studio—particularly manual activation which requires a number of extra steps from users. Don’t have Test Studio? Please go grab a free download and see how we can help you out with with automated functional and performance testing! About the author Jim Holmes Jim Holmes has around 25 years IT experience. He is co-author of "Windows Developer Power Tools" and Chief Cat Herder of the CodeMash Conference. He's a ...
    October 28, 2011 1 min read
  • Productivity Testing

    Audiocast on Developer + Tester Collaboration

    The Test Studio team is sponsoring EuroSTAR 2011 in Manchester, England from 21-24 November. Part of the run up to EuroSTAR includes a series of audiocasts from various people in the testing industry. I’ve got one episode in that series: “Devs + Testers == Awesome” [1] I talk for about ten minutes on something I’m particularly passionate about: tight collaboration between testers and developers. I’ve long believed (through practical hard knocks!) that closer collaboration gets our customers better software. You’ll have to register on the site to listen to the audiocast (sorry!), but I think it’s worth it!...
    October 26, 2011 1 min read
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    Know Thy Customer

    Sounds simple. Why is it so hard then? First, what do I mean when I say “Know Thy Customer?”  Ultimately I mean that the best teams have customer value at the heart of their software development processes – they truly “Know Thy Customer”.   I’m not saying anything new – however, I do want to talk about how to take this beyond simply “proclaiming” you know your customer or that you have a prioritized backlog down to some ways you can execute and engage. I’ve made many mistakes in my almost 20 years of developing software.  Lots and lots of technical ...
    October 26, 2011 4 min read
  • Productivity Testing

    Test Studio’s R2 Release: Simplifying the Complex

    Testing and software development are complex enough without your tools getting in the way. I’m particularly excited at how Test Studio’s R2 release kept a number of critical pieces of functionality crisp, clean, and simple while giving you great power to focus on essential portions of your quality program. Performance Testing: Focusing on Critical Information Perhaps the centerpiece of our R2 release is our new Performance Testing feature. You can now easily use any automated functional test to gather performance metrics on that specific slice of your application. You don’t need to change the test in any way, and you ...
    October 20, 2011 4 min read
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    Command Line Support and More in JustDecompile

    Although the command prompt has fallen out of vogue in the past few years, developers and power users alike invoke cmd when a job calls for finesse. Command line support is also essential for many scripting and automation languages, such as MSBuild. JustDecompile has the ability to export code directly from the command prompt. For ease of use, I recommend adding %PROGRAMFILES(X86)%\Telerik\JustDecompile\Libraries to your path. To decompile an assembly from the prompt, use the command JustDecompile.exe /out:[OutputDirectory] /target:[PathAndAssemblyName]. This currently only supports csharp, but in the future the /lang switch will enable you to target other languages. You may find yourself wanting to...
    October 20, 2011 1 min read