Professional Software Testing with Visual Studio 2005 Team System
Ok, so I know Visual Studio 2008 is the current version we are all using, right? But I have been a little behind on some of my books and well to be honest really using the cool features of Team System. So I got this book almost a year ago and finally got around to reading it earlier this week. I wanted to read it to get a better understanding of Team System and I am glad I did.
 | Professional Software Testing with Visual Studio 2005 Team System: Tools for Software Developers and Test Engineers
by Tom Arnold, Dominic Hopton, Andy Leonard, Mike Frost
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I will be the first to admit my version of unit testing has been me writing my own testing frameworks or harnesses as I have always called them. I have also always lost when it has come to fighting source control systems, VSS, Vault you name it I have blown it up.
This book goes over how to use VSTS as a testing tool and covers all aspects of the testing features, including database unit testing features (Thanks Andy Leonard!). I particularly like the fact the authors took the time to explain what the different types of test were and what function they served. I had honestly wondered why there was a manual test and now I really know, duh.
The book covers introductions to VSTest, VSTESD and Unit Testing with both. Like I said it also goes through testing the database in Chapter 4. Then Web Testing (near to my heart), manual, ordered and generic testing. Then it reviews Load testing and and finishes up reviewing code and dynamic analysis. The book closes out with a 6 part appendix walking through various testing scenarios and installing VSTS.