Test Automation Guidance using VS 2010 Coded UI

The objective of this artifact is to provide a L200 test automation guidance leveraging VS 2010 Coded UI features to foster a continuous, consistent and standard automation approach. The document can also be used as a quick jump start guide for beginners.
However the bigger objective is Build, Deploy and Test leveraging Visual Studio Lab Management features, which will allow Automation Testers to reap the benefits of the following
· Integrating with the build process for automatic build deployment
· Execution on VMs
· Capabilities of getting the test automation results reported as part of Test Manager (MTM) for better reporting.

Pre-requisites: Ensure you have ‘CodedUISampleFramework’ sample Coded UI project For VS 2010 installation & Configuration, go to Appendix: VS 2010 Installation Reference section If you are new to Visual Studio Coded UI, go to Appendix: Getting started with VS2010 Ensure your application is supported by Coded UI, go to MSDN link

Jump to Case Study, if your objective is to get started with Coded UI using our recommended framework and practices.

http://blogs.msdn.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-01-42-73-CodedUI/2086.Automation-Guidance-_2800_VS-2010-Coded-UI_2900_-ExternalCommunity.pdf

http://blogs.msdn.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-01-42-73-CodedUI/0167.CodedUISampleFramework.rar

Author:
Raj Kamal (rajkamal@microsoft.com)