DevOps Testing

Overview

In this course, you will learn about different test types, usage scenarios and the benefits of a Test-Driven development approach.

We will cover best practices around the usage of Unit, API (Integration), Performance, Functional, Acceptance, Automated (Coded) UI and Exploratory testing.

You will learn how to create and analyze these tests using various tools such as Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS), Visual Studio, Application Insights and third-party frameworks such as Selenium

Syllabus

Module 0: Start Here
- Welcome to the course!
- Course Overview
- Pre-Course Survey
Module 1: Testing Overview
- Introduction
- Types of Tests
- Value of Automated Testing in DevOps
- Test-Driven Development and its Benefits
- Assessments
- Supplemental Learning
Module 2: Unit Tests
- Introduction
- What is Unit Testing?
- Elements of Unit Test
- Techniques for Advanced Unit Testing
- Create good unit tests using Visual Studio
- Hands-on Lab: Creating Unit Tests
- Assessments
- Supplemental Learning
Module 3: Integration Testing
- Introduction
- Testing Overview
- Integration Test in a standard development environment
- Assessments
Module 4: Web Performance Tests and Load Tests
- Introduction
- Performance Testing
- Create Web Performance Test Scripts
- Run Load Tests
- Analyze Performance Test Results
- Hands-on Lab 1: Application Performance Monitoring
- Hands-on Lab 2: Load Testing
- Assessments
- Supplemental Learning
Module 5: Functional Testing – Acceptance, UI, and Exploratory Tests
- Introduction
- Introduction to Functional Testing
- Manual Acceptance Testing
- Automated UI testing
- Exploratory testing with Microsoft Test Manager
- Hands-On Lab: Create a coded UI test
- Assessments
- Supplemental Learning
Module 6: Final Exam
- Final Exam
- Post-Course Survey