Silverlight and Expression 3 PLUS Eliminating No-repro Bugs
Fri 17 Jul 2009
A double-header for this month’s meeting…
- First up, Anthony Borton on: Eliminating No-repro Bugs,
How Microsoft Visual Studio® Team Test 2010 Beta 1 can drastically reduce the “find and fix” time for bugs that are raised by your testers. - Then, Scott Barnes, Microsoft, US: What Just Happened to Silverlight & Expression!
This is the Brisbane leg of Scott’s Australia-wide Silverlight and Expression 3 roadshow.
PLUS! See below for details on how QMSDNUG members can SAVE $500 on Tech.Ed Registration.
Date: Tuesday 21 July 2009
Time: 17:30 for 18:00
Location: Microsoft Brisbane office, Level 9, Waterfront Place, 1 Eagle St, Brisbane
RSVP
All welcome. Bring your colleagues.
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Happy coding …
Mike Fitzsimon
Anthony Borton, EnhanceALM: Eliminating No-repro Bugs
Anthony examines the recently released Microsoft Visual Studio® Team Test 2010 Beta 1 product and how it can drastically reduce the “find and fix” time for bugs that are raised by your testers. Today, significant time is often wasted trying to reproduce bugs with limited success and labelling bugs as “No-repro” can be frustrating for both testers and developers.
Microsoft’s new Test and Lab Manager Application allows testers to create, manage and execute tests quickly and easily in a dedicated user interface. Using Test Cases, Test Suites and Test Plans, testers will find the new features allow them to better participate as a full team member in Visual Studio Team System.
The session will touch on the following features of the Visual Studio Team Test 2010 product:
- Microsoft Test Runner
- Microsoft Test and Lab Manager application
- Bug Reporting and Data Collectors
- Unit Testing
- Coded UI Test
- Web Test
- Load Test
About Anthony Borton
Anthony is a Development Process Specialist for Enhance ALM Pty Ltd, an Australian consulting and training company specializing in Application Lifecycle Management and Microsoft Visual Studio Team System. He has been working with Visual Studio Team System full-time since 2005. Anthony has worked with a variety of companies ranging in size from just 3 employees up to some of Australia’s largest companies and financial institutions. Anthony is the lead Microsoft Technical Readiness Instructor in Australia for Microsoft Visual Studio and has presented at the Microsoft launch events for both VSTS2005 and VSTS2008. Anthony is a Microsoft MVP (Team System), a Certified Scrum Master and a member of the INETA Speakers Bureau. He is also the president of the QLD VSTS users group and maintains a blog at http://www.myvstsblog.com
Actually I have to admit that the title of Anthony’s talk made me think of this excellent xkcd cartoon:
Scott Barnes, Microsoft: What Just Happened to Silverlight & Expression!
Silverlight & Expression 3 launch is an important moment in Microsoft’s timeline, as this is our V3 moment!. In light of this point in time, Scott has vowed to ensure all within his beloved home, Australia, get a deep insight into what just happened in both Silverlight and Expression 3. Not only will Scott cover off some of the new stuff, but will highlight some of the existing brilliance within these products through examples and commentary of how the old and new features came to be (as well as hints to both product’s future).
“In this session you not only will hear all of this, but this is also a perfect opportunity to lobby for what you want to see in Silverlight & Expression 4! - Yes, not only did we just finish work on 3, but we’re keen to get started on the next version” Given Scott’s team is on the planning team, this is a great opportunity for you to influence the future of Microsoft’s UX Platform.
About Scott Barnes:
Scott is a Rich Platforms Product Manager for the UX Platform Team (Silverlight, WPF, Expression, ASP.NET etc). He has been working with Microsoft/Adobe/Macromedia technology for the past 10 years with a main focus specifically on Internet Applications (aka. RIA, Rich Client Technology etc).
Scott first started out as a UX developer in the late 90’s and over the years developed a passion for programmatic art (Designer + Developer mind). He recently has branched out further into 3D modelling, animation and XNA game development making full use of both his designer + developer mindset.
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July 21st, 2009 at 19:05
I’m still trying to figure out what the heck Silverlight ACTUALLY IS.
If I read another web site spouting “rich web experience” I think I’ll throw up. Cut with the crap and tell me something real… wotzit do, why is it better than something else out there. Is it cross platform….
August 22nd, 2009 at 21:26
I’ve always liked that xkcd strip - especially now I’ve got a partner who is a technical writer, and so bugs are a large part of our daily discussions.