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Article Posted: Advanced Load Testing Features of VSTS

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I've posted an article that discusses some of the advanced features of VSTS Load Testing.   The article goes into more detail on these features than can be found in the existing online documentation, and describes some things that may not be at all obvious from the user interface.    Please read, enjoy, ask questions, and comment.   The article can be found here: https://blogs.msdn.com/billbar/articles/517081.aspx.

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  • Anonymous
    March 08, 2006
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  • Anonymous
    March 17, 2006
    Sorry for the delayed response - I was OOF on jury duty for 7 days.

    Anyway, if you haven't already seen Josh Christie's article on Web Test Authoring and Debugging Techniques, check it out at:

    http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnvs05/html/WTAuthDebug.asp

    Also check out his blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/joshch

    Unfortunately, we don't have a great solution for the problem you describe, though we realize it is a problem.    One option is to set the value for the request property "Parse Dependent Requests" to false for the web test request that contains these dependent requests.    With this setting none of the dependent requests on that page will be automatically fetched; you can then explicitly add back the dependent requests that you do want in the web test editor.
  • Anonymous
    April 05, 2006
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  • Anonymous
    April 05, 2006
    You are correct that web tests deal with HTTP traffic and don't simulate pop-up windows and other browser interactions and javascript operations.    I suggest you take a look at Josh Christie's article on Web Test Authoring and Debugging techniques which goes into detail about what you can and can't do with web tests, and some ideas for accomplishing what you want to do.   You can find this at:

    http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnvs05/html/WTAuthDebug.asp
  • Anonymous
    March 02, 2007
    We recently ran a bootcamp for some of our internal teams on the testing capabilities of Visual Studio
  • Anonymous
    March 02, 2007
    We recently ran a bootcamp for some of our internal teams on the testing capabilities of Visual Studio
  • Anonymous
    December 17, 2007
    Visual Studio Team System for Testers Content Index for Web Tests and Load Tests Getting Started Online