Sean Lumley's Blog
Web/Load Testing
Description of Tables and Columns in VS 2010 Load Test Database
In this blog post I am going to update Bill Barnett's post which describes the tables and columns in...
Date: 02/12/2010
Convert Comments entered in Web Test Recorder into Transactions
This post is going to be one more sample of a Web Test Recorder Plug-in. The recorder plug-ins are a...
Date: 01/26/2010
VSTS 2010 Feature: Another Sample Web Test Recorder Plug-in
In a previous post I wrote about a new feature that was added for VS 2010 called extensible recorder...
Date: 01/26/2010
VSTS 2010 Feature: ASP.NET profiler integration with Load Tests
One of the new features in VSTS 2010 is Data Collectors. Data collectors can run as part of your...
Date: 01/12/2010
VSTS 2010 Feature: Branching and Looping in Declarative Web Tests
We continue to add features to the declarative web test model that will try to allow you to stay in...
Date: 01/12/2010
VSTS 2010 Feature: Find/Replace in Web Test Editor
This blog post will describe the find/replace functionality added to the web test editor. This...
Date: 01/11/2010
VSTS 2010 Feature: Data Source Enhancements
This blog post will describe the enhancements that have been made to the data source functionality...
Date: 01/04/2010
Debugging Custom Validation/Extraction rules, Web Test and Load Test Plug-ins
Most of my recent posts have been about new features in VS 2010. This post is going to show you how...
Date: 11/16/2009
VSTS 2010 Feature: API for Processing Web Test Results
One request which we have received a number of times is something like, “The Web test playback UI is...
Date: 11/11/2009
VSTS 2010 Feature: Load Testing Run Comparison Report in Excel
This blog post is going to be about one of my favorite new features added for Beta2. In Beta1 we...
Date: 11/06/2009
VSTS 2010 Feature: Making it easy to debug web tests using Fiddler
VSTS 2010 Beta2 is out and there are a number of blog posts I want to write on the features now...
Date: 11/03/2009
VSTS 2010 Feature: Load test virtual user activity visualization
This is another post about new VS 2010 web/load testing features. You can get the beta here: beta...
Date: 06/09/2009
VSTS 2010 Feature: Extensible recorder plugins for modifying recorded web tests (including adding custom dynamic parameter correlation)
This is another post about new VS 2010 web/load testing features. You can get the beta here: beta...
Date: 06/04/2009
VSTS 2010 Feature: Web Test Recorder Plugins
This is another post about new VS 2010 web/load testing features. You can get the beta here: beta...
Date: 06/03/2009
VSTS 2010 Feature: Enhancements for Web Test Playback UI
This is my second post about new VS 2010 web/load testing features. You can get the beta here: beta...
Date: 05/28/2009
VSTS 2010 Feature: Web Test Playback Enhancements
This is my second post about new VS 2010 web/load testing features. You can get the beta here: beta...
Date: 05/28/2009
VSTS 2010 Feature: Load Test Excel Report Integration
Now that VSTS 2010 beta 1 is available I will be writing a series of blog posts highlighting new Web...
Date: 05/22/2009
VSTS 2010 Feature: Creating excel reports for Load Test Data
Now that VSTS 2010 beta 1 is available I will be writing a series of blog posts highlighting new Web...
Date: 05/21/2009
Using Fiddler to create web tests with transactions
Check out this blog post from Eric Mattingly about extenstions he added to fiddler for creating VSTS...
Date: 05/05/2009
Creating a custom step load profile
This blog post will show you how to create custom load profiles by walking you thorugh the process...
Date: 05/04/2009
Creating a custom load profile which will step user load up and then back down
This blog post is going to show you how to create a custom load profile. Out of the box there are 3...
Date: 05/04/2009
Load Test Plug-in Overview and Samples
This blog post gives an overview of the load test plug-in extensibility point and provides a few...
Date: 04/10/2009
Load Test Plug-ins
This blog post is going to go over creating a load test plug-in and show a few different ways you...
Date: 04/10/2009
Awesome new Web/Load testing reference guide available
Check out the following guide for answers to many different questions on web and load testing:...
Date: 03/31/2009
How to run Web and Load Tests from the Command-Line
This blog post will show you how you can run web and load tests from the command-line:...
Date: 12/22/2008
Running Web and Load tests from the Command-Line
This blog post will show you how to run a web test or load test from the command-line instead of...
Date: 12/22/2008
Modifying Request Properties with a Web Test Plugin
This blog post will show you how you can create a simple web test plugin which can be used to easily...
Date: 12/22/2008
Setting request properties with a Web Test Plug-in
This blog post will show you how to write a plug-in to set properties on each request. For example,...
Date: 12/22/2008
Using scriptable parameter values in a web test
This post will show you how to imbed code into a property value. There are 2 built in macro’s that...
Date: 12/16/2008
Scriptable Parameter Values in web tests
This post will show you how to imbed code in a parameter value of a web test without having to...
Date: 12/16/2008
Using new VS 2008 Web Test APIs to create Web Test Reports
This blog post will make use of the some of the new web test API's added in VS 2008 SP1. This post...
Date: 09/10/2008
Reporting on web tests using new web test API's added in VS 2008 SP1
This blog will show you how to use some of the new API’s added in VS 2008 sp1 to collect additional...
Date: 09/10/2008
Collecting Code Coverage when Running Web and Load Tests
This blog post will show you how you can collect code coverage data when running web and load tests:...
Date: 07/08/2008
Collecting Code Coverage Data when Running Web/Load Tests
This blog post will show you how to collect code coverage data from your asp.net applications while...
Date: 07/08/2008
Sharing Test Results
Check out this blog post for how to share test results:...
Date: 05/12/2008
Sharing Results
This blog will just point out the ability to save out results of a set of tests. For example, you...
Date: 05/12/2008
How to create a custom counter set
The following blog post will describe how to create custom counter sets:...
Date: 05/04/2008
Creating custom counter sets
This blog post will describe how to create custom counter sets. First let me start with what a...
Date: 05/04/2008
Access Methods in Web Test Data Sources
The following blog post will discuss access methods in data sources and what happens when you run a...
Date: 03/14/2008
Description of Access methods in data sources
This blog post will discuss the access methods of data sources. Data sources are used when you want...
Date: 03/14/2008
Description of web test execution
This blog post will describe what happens and what does not happen when a web test executes:...
Date: 01/03/2008
Web tests work at the HTTP layer
This blog post will explain how web tests work. The main thing to understand about VSTS web tests is...
Date: 12/29/2007
Article for authoring and debugging VS2008 Web Tests
Check out this great post by Ed Glas for a lot of valuable information for debugging web tests:...
Date: 12/02/2007
Debugging Load Test Errors
This blog post will walk you through how to debug one type of error that may appear during your load...
Date: 11/19/2007
Debugging errors in Load Test
One of the common questions I get is similar to this: “My web test runs fine when it is run by...
Date: 11/19/2007
Modeling multiple user groups within a load test
Check out this post for how to use multiple load test scenarios to model multiple user groups within...
Date: 09/10/2007
Using mutliple scenarios in a load test to model user load for different groups
I have seen a few questions about when using load tests how to get a certain number of users...
Date: 09/10/2007
Generating 90th and 95th percentile data as well as how to collect timing details for every single page, test and transaction
Checkout this blog post for information on how to collect timing details about every page, test and...
Date: 07/06/2007
How to get 90th and 95th percentile information as well as timing details for every page, test and transcation
This blog post will show you how to collect timing information for every single page, test and...
Date: 07/06/2007
What's new in Orcas Posts
Check out this post for links to more information about new features in Orcas: New Features
Date: 07/02/2007