Test Run: Testing Custom Transform Streams

VPL, part of Robotics Developer Studio is intended for novice programmers, but is also useful for testing and prototyping. We write a simple serial port service that allows you to send and receive data.Trevor TaylorMSDN Magazine February 2010

There are many ways to test WCF services, but the socket-based approach is flexible and very useful for security and performance testing. We show you show you how to test a WCF service using a network socket based approach.James McCaffreyMSDN Magazine February 2010

Write a simple browser-based request-response test automation using JavaScript that's platform independent and useful when you are working in a highly dynamic environment.James McCaffreyMSDN Magazine January 2010

Creating and maintaining a unit test suite for legacy code can be a challenge. Pex automatically produces a small test suite with high code and assertion coverage.Nikhil SachdevaMSDN Magazine December 2009

This month we look at tools for enhancing the LINQ to SQL and Entity Framework designers, Oren Eini's .NET development blog, Visual Studio tab customization, and more.Scott MitchellMSDN Magazine December 2009

In this month's column, James McCaffrey explains exactly what pairwise testing is and provides you with complete C# source code for a production quality pairwise testing tool named QICT.James McCaffreyMSDN Magazine December 2009

This column presents an approach to Antirandom (AR) testing the author calls partial AR string testing, which can be used to test a wide range of software systems.James McCaffreyMSDN Magazine October 2009

This month's column describes the benefits and methodologies of usability testing.Dr. Charles B. Kreitzberg and Ambrose LittleMSDN Magazine July 2009

This month we show you how to use F# to perform HTTP request-response testing for ASP.NET Web applications.James McCaffreyMSDN Magazine July 2009

Use Test-Driven Development with mock objects to design object oriented code in terms of roles and responsibilities, not categorization of objects into class hierarchies.Isaiah PerumallaMSDN Magazine June 2009