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Thanks for writing.
The QA Edition and Developer Edition have been designed for seamless collaboration between QA's and developers. The QA Edition is a stand-alone application that simply requires the .net framework 3.5 (SP1) or above. The QA interface has been designed with QA's in mind. The Developer Edition is a Visual Studio Plug-In that works with Visual Studio 2008 or 2010 (Professional Edition and above). This edition keeps developers in the Visual Studio IDE, an environment they are likely very comfortable with.
The feature set for both editions is virtually identical, with an exception being how test lists are maintained. The QA Edition allows you to create both static and dynamic test lists, while the developer edition makes use of Visual Studio's 'Test View' for maintaining your test lists.
If you have any further questions or would like additional clarification, please don't hesitate to reach out.
Kind regards,
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Could you, please, clarify:
1) Is there a possibility in Dev. edition to create test lists and get the same test execution report as in QA edition?
2) Are 'test lists' the olny significant functional differense between both editions?
3) Can I import my test project from QA edition to Dev edition?
Regards,
Svetlana
- Yes, tests developed in QA edition can be run in the Dev edition and vice-versa.
- Test lists and viewing test results are the two main differences at this time. We are enhancing the QA edition significantly in our upcoming Q3 release. The differences will become even greater in the future as we put more resourced into the QA edition versus the Dev edition.
- Yes you can. The QA edition has an "Export to Visual Studio" feature which will create a Visual Studio (either 2008 or 2010, you get to choose) solution file that you can use for loading the same test project in Visual Studio.
Hope that clarifies things for you. Please don't hesitate to ask if you have further questions!
Cody
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Could you, please, clarify about Test Lists. There is no information about test lists in Dev. edition quick start guide. Is there a possibility to create test lists with several tests and get report about test list execution (like in QA edition)?
And one more question: will my tests look as code or usual steps like in QA edition after 'Export to VS' action?
Regards,
Svetlana
Since the Dev Edition is a Visual Studio add-on, we are compatible with the existing test list feature that comes with Visual Studio's testing framework feature. The one disadvantage to using Visual Studio test lists is that Visual Studio does not allow you to control the order the tests will be executed in. There's no guarantee they will run in the order they appear in the list. Test Lists in the QA edition are guaranteed to execute in the order they appear in the list.
Test projects exported from QA edition into the Dev edition will look the same. The steps will be steps, the coded steps will be coded steps, etc. It does not convert anything to code during the export process. All it really does is create a .sln file that is compatible with Visual Studio such that you can easily load the same test project in Dev Edition and work with it there almost the same way as you would in the QA edition.
The QA edition does not use the .sln file. However any changes to the test you make in Dev edition can be used by the QA Edition i.e. will be compatible with the QA Edition. Visa versa is also true. Any changes to existing tests you make in the QA Edition will automatically be read and compatible with the Dev edition. This is very useful for team collaboration that uses source code control.
The only minor caution I would give you is be sure you use the same version (same build number) of Dev Edition and QA Edition for any test project you would like to share between the two. The reason is that we occasionally change the format of the .aii file (this is where the tests are stored on disk). If we change this format and you then try to load the test in an older version you will get unpredictable results.
Cody