This book presents practical techniques for writing lightweight software test automation in a .NET environment. It is intended for software developers, testers, and managers who work with .NET technology and have a basic familiarity with .NET programming.

If you develop, test, or manage .NET software, you will find .NET Test Automation Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach very useful. The book presents practical techniques for writing lightweight software test automation in a .NET environment and covers API testing thoroughly. It also discusses lightweight, custom Windows application user interface automation and teaches you low-level web application user interface automation. Additional material covers SQL stored procedure testing techniques.

The examples in this book have been successfully used in seminars and teaching environments where they have proven highly effective for students who are learning intermediate-level .NET programming. You'll come away from the book knowing how to write production-quality combination and permutation methods.

Presents a comprehensive presentation of API testing Discusses lightweight, custom Windows application UI automation Teaches you to automate Low-level Web application UI automation Covers SQL stored procedure testing techniques Learn how to write production-quality combination and permutation methods

Autorentext
Dr. James McCaffrey works for Volt Information Sciences, Inc. He holds a doctorate from the University of Southern California, a master's in information systems from Hawaii Pacific University, a bachelor's in mathematics from California State University at Fullerton, and a bachelor's in psychology from the University of California at Irvine. He was a professor at Hawaii Pacific University, and worked as a lead software engineer at Microsoft on key products such as Internet Explorer and MSN Search.

Inhalt
Windows Application Testing.- API Testing.- Reflection-Based UI Testing.- Windows-Based UI Testing.- Test Harness Design Patterns.- Web Application Testing.- Request-Response Testing.- Script-Based Web UI Testing.- Low-Level Web UI Testing.- Web Services Testing.- Data Testing.- SQL Stored Procedure Testing.- Combinations and Permutations.- ADO.NET Testing.- XML Testing.