C# - WPF : testing strategies

Question

I\'m new to C# 4.0 and WPF and I\'m about to start a new application.

Coming from a C++/MFC world, I\'m interested in testing strategies used with the up to date technol

Answer 1

As Larry said White UI test framework can be used for UI testing WPF. This post explains this in more detail -

Testing WPF applications with the White UI Test framework: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/john_daddamio/archive/2008/04/04/testing-wpf-applications-with-the-white-ui-test-framework.aspx

Also have look at this article to know how to automate the UI testing:

Automating UI Tests In WPF Applications: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/dd483216.aspx

Xaml team has come up with a XAML Compliance Suite to verify XAML(I haven't tried it myself though) -

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/llobo/archive/2010/07/07/xaml-compliance-suite-v1.aspx

Various third-party tools are also available for testing WPF application, like this one from AutomatedQA -

AutomatedQA’s TestComplete is a comprehensive automated testing tool that helps QA teams automate their functional, unit, regression and other testing types for a wide variety of application types, including Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) applications.

http://www.automatedqa.com/products/testcomplete/testing-wpf-apps/

I would also suggest you to go through WPF Application Quality Guide from MS

This document provides an overview of testing Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) applications and controls.

http://windowsclient.net/wpf/white-papers/wpf-app-quality-guide.aspx#intro