How do I automate build and testing for an asp.net ajax application in Team Foundation Server?

Question

Hi all,

Q. We're looking for a way to automate build process, run test cases and store build results.

A problem could be raise as the application on which we want to setup this process is an ajax application -- a one page operation application highly rely on JavaScript. The QA team is using QTP to automate their testing.

Q. Now as we're moved to Team Foundation Server we would like to be in the box instead to use some other tool for functions that can also be done in Team Foundation. Will it a good choice to use Team Foundation instead of other tool for defining test cases.

Once, they adopt and will generate test cases for the app.

Q. We would like to attach the test cases with the daily build and also like to have log/report for monitoring build progress.

This, I assume, but you can also suggest a practice which can make the aforementioned process more effective and quick.

Thanks.

Answer 1

1. TFS has a built in test runner but it is aimed at MSTest. What test framework are you using? TFS uses MSBuild in the background and has a template build script with hooks to allow you to customize the process. Read up more about it here.

2. There is an TFS Web Test but I haven't looked into it much there is nothing stopping you hooking in some open source framework like Selenium into the build process

3.TFS keeps a log of all the builds done much the same as CruiseControl would.

I would recommned "Team Foundation Server 2008 in Action" as it is a very good book that explains a lot about TFS.