.NET Test Automation Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach (Expert's Voice in .NET) [Hardcover]

James D. McCaffrey (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1590596633 | ISBN-13: 978-1590596630 | Publication Date: May 9, 2006 | Edition: 1

This book presents practical techniques for writing lightweight software test automation in a .NET environment. If you develop, test, or manage .NET software, you should find this book very useful. Before .NET, writing test automation was often as difficult as writing the code for the application under test itself. With .NET, it is possible to write lightweight, custom test automation (small, dedicated test harness programs which are two pages of source code or less in length and take less than two hours to write) in a tiny fraction of the time it used to take. The emphasis of this book is on practical techniques that you can use immediately.

This book is intended for software developers, testers, and managers who work with .NET technology who have a basic familiarity with .NET programming but does not make any particular assumptions about your skill level. The examples in this book have been successfully used in seminars and teaching environments where it has proven highly effective as a platform for students who are learning intermediate level .NET programming.

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About the Author

Dr. James McCaffrey holds a doctorate from the University of Southern California, a M.S. in Information Systems from Hawaii Pacific University, a B.A. in Mathematics from California State University at Fullerton, and a B.A. in Psychology from the University of California at Irvine. He was a professor at Hawaii Pacific University, and worked as a lead software engineer at Microsoft on key products such as Internet Explorer and MSN Search.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 408 pages
• Publisher: Apress; 1 edition (May 9, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1590596633
• ISBN-13: 978-1590596630
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.9 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #471,379 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Good For UI Automation Tricks, May 21, 2006

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rfz (phoenix) - See all my reviews

This review is from: .NET Test Automation Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach (Expert's Voice in .NET) (Hardcover)

My roommate loaned me this book because I was trying do do some UI automation where I work. This book had just what I needed and I had my automation running in 1 day when I was trying to get it to work for nearly a month before the book. If you want to know how to write reflection UI automation this book will help you a lot.

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Practical Techniques You Can Use Immediately, May 17, 2006

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This review is from: .NET Test Automation Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach (Expert's Voice in .NET) (Hardcover)

First a disclaimer: I am the author of this book. This book puts together in one place all the practical techniques you need to write test automation in a .NET programming environment. The book covers Windows Application testing, ASP.NET Web Application Testing, Unit Testing, UI Testing, and SQL and XML related testing. This book is a practical guide to test automation, but also covers basic principles of testing, such as the difference between validation and verification. This book does not cover the theory of testing, such as research you would need for a graduate school class in computer science. So, if you want a book that shows you exactly how and why to write test automation, you should give this book consideration, but if you are looking for testing theory, this book is probably not for you.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Heavy on Techniques, Light on Theory, May 17, 2006

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This review is from: .NET Test Automation Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach (Expert's Voice in .NET) (Hardcover)

Overall, I like this book. It showed me exactly how to write Web testing, which is exactly what I was looking for. And it has other kinds of testing that I didn't think about before like XML testing. If you ever do web testing then I think you will like this book. I especially like the way to do UI web testing using Javascript. On the downside the permutations stuff was way over my head.