Josh Christie
Visual Studio Team System - Web and Load Testing
Better HTML parsing and validation with HtmlAgilityPack
Let's face it; sometimes the Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.WebTesting.HtmlDocument class just...
Date: 12/10/2006
Check and modify the status of extraction or validation rules
The following came up on our internal discussion list today. A user wanted to run an extraction rule...
Date: 11/16/2006
Can I call a web test from a web test?
I've seen this question come up several times recently, so I'm going to try to provide the full...
Date: 07/07/2006
So you want to replay an IIS web server log?
A few months ago, a group in Microsoft wanted to be able to play back a large IIS log as a Visual...
Date: 07/03/2006
Why can't I generate more load?
A common question we get goes something like this: "I'm running a 100 user load test and getting X...
Date: 05/18/2006
More load test bloggers
Ed Glas and Sean Lumley are now also blogging about the web/load testing tools in Visual Studio Team...
Date: 02/07/2006
Bill Barnett, load test blogger
Bill Barnett, another member of the "Ocracoke" team (VS Team System's Web and Loading tools), is now...
Date: 01/26/2006
Web Test Authoring and Debugging Techniques
My whitepaper titled Web Test Authoring and Debugging Techniques is now live on MSDN! It covers some...
Date: 12/22/2005
Custom ExtractionRule to extract form fields by index
*This is the third post in a series about web test extensibility points. The first post was about...
Date: 11/17/2005
VSTS Dev & Test Tools MSDN Public Chat - Wed 10/19 @ 1pm EDT
Team System MSDN Public Chat Visual Studio Team Edition for Software Developer & Visual Studio...
Date: 11/16/2005
A custom ValidationRule to catch redirects to error pages
*This is the second post in a series about web test extensibility points. The first post was about...
Date: 11/02/2005
VSTS RTM on MSDN
Who isn't excited about that string of acronyms? I know I am. The final version of Visual Studio...
Date: 10/27/2005
Web and Load Testing Webcast (TODAY!)
MSDN Webcast: Load and Web Testing with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team System (Level 200) Start...
Date: 10/25/2005
Meet up at ASP.NET Connections
I'll be in Las Vegas attending ASP.Net Connections from November 7th through 10th. I'm mainly going...
Date: 10/07/2005
Creating custom IHttpBody classes for coded web tests
If you've recorded a web test and generated code, you've probably noticed the FormPostHttpBody...
Date: 08/24/2005
Upcoming Public Chat
Please join me for a public chat this Wednesday. Come prepared with lots of web load testing...
Date: 06/13/2005
Web Test Recording
Our Web Test Recorder works differently than recorders in some other web/load testing products. We...
Date: 06/10/2005
Automatic Hidden Field Tracking
I wrote the following response to an MSDN forums question asking how VIEWSTATE is tracked in a web...
Date: 06/09/2005
Web Test Extraction and Validation rules
Now that most of our major features are complete, we're focusing on the bug fixing and polish...
Date: 01/17/2005
Your feedback on web and load testing
As you can guess from my recent lack of posts, the Ocracoke team has been extremely busy trying to...
Date: 09/15/2004
What's a web test?
Since not too many people have played with the first community tech preview release of Visual Studio...
Date: 08/23/2004
Welcome to the world of Visual Studio Team System web and load testing
I'd like to start this blog by introducing myself. I'm a Software Design Engineer (SDE) working on...
Date: 08/11/2004