Microsoft - Visual Studio 2017 - Web & Load

Duration

Duration:

Only 2 Days

Method

Method:

Classroom / Online / Hybrid

Next date

Next date:

24/6/2024 (Monday)

Overview

In just 2 days, you'll learn how to run web and load tests in Microsoft Visual Studio.

Get immersed in your Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 - Web & Load course. You’ll get an introduction to performance testing, Microsoft Test Manager (MTM) features, and learn how to:

  • Record, edit, run and maintain web tests
  • Create and run load tests
  • Interpret load test results

Learn through Firebrand’s Lecture | Lab | Review methodology on this course. You’ll be introduced to advanced web testing techniques, like:

  • Refactoring web tests
  • Standard and custom extraction and validation rules
  • Transactions
  • Data driving using Excel/XML data sources

This course is ideal for users of Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS) who create scripts to load test their web applications.

QA Engineers, performance engineers and performance testers will also benefit from this accelerated course.

Six reasons why you should sit your Web & Load course with Firebrand Training

  1. You'll be Web & Load certified in just 2 days.
  2. Our Web & Load course is all-inclusive. A one-off fee covers all course materials, accommodation and meals. No hidden extras
  3. You’ll learn more Web & Load. A day with a traditional training provider generally runs from 9am – 5pm, with a nice long break for lunch. With Firebrand Training you’ll get at least 12 hours/day quality learning time, with your instructor
  4. You’ll learn Web & Load faster. Chances are, you’ll have a different learning style to those around you. We combine visual, auditory and tactile styles to deliver the material in a way that ensures you will learn faster and more easily
  5. You’ll be studying Web & Load with the best. We’ve been named in Training Industry’s “Top 20 IT Training Companies of the Year” every year since 2010. As well as winning many more awards, we’ve trained and certified 134561 professionals, and we’re partners with all of the big names in the business
  6. You'll do more than study Web & Load courseware. We use practical exercises to make sure you can apply your new knowledge to the work environment. Our instructors use demonstrations and real-world experience to keep the day interesting and engaging

Benefits

Other accelerated training providers rely heavily on lecture and independent self-testing and study.

Effective technical instruction must be highly varied and interactive to keep attention levels high, promote camaraderie and teamwork between the students and instructor, and solidify knowledge through hands-on learning.

Firebrand Training provides instruction to meet every learning need:

  • Intensive group instruction
  • One-on-one instruction attention
  • Hands-on labs
  • Lab partner and group exercises
  • Question and answer drills
  • Independent study

Curriculum

Performance testing concepts

  • What is performance testing?
  • Types of performance tests
  • Risks: speed, scalability & stability
  • How does it work?

Web test

  • Supported technologies
  • Recording & running a web test
  • Managing dynamic parameters
  • Running web tests and understanding the Web Test Results Viewer
  • Editing web tests and adding recordings generating code

Advanced web testing techniques

  • Refactoring web tests, modularising web tests, loops & branches and web services
  • Standard extraction & validation rules
  • Custom extraction & validation rules
  • Data driving using Excel/XML data sources
  • Transactions

Test Manager advanced features

  • Load testing overview
  • Creating load tests, using the Load Test Wizard
  • Understand think time & response time
  • Editing load tests
  • Running load tests
  • Load test results analysis & understanding trends
  • Reporting

Load testing extras

  • Test Controller/Agent - understand test rig
  • Testing with Visual Studio Online (VSO)
  • Using Fiddler to capture web tests
  • Beyond the course: online resources and forums where delegates can expand their knowledge

What's Included

Your accelerated course includes:

  • Accommodation *
  • Meals, unlimited snacks, beverages, tea and coffee *
  • On-site exams **
  • Exam vouchers **
  • Practice tests **
  • Certification Guarantee ***
  • Courseware
  • Up-to 12 hours of instructor-led training each day
  • 24-hour lab access
  • Digital courseware **
  • * For residential training only. Accommodation is included from the night before the course starts. This doesn't apply for online courses.
  • ** Some exceptions apply. Please refer to the Exam Track or speak with our experts
  • *** Pass first time or train again free as many times as it takes, unlimited for 1 year. Just pay for accommodation, exams, and incidental costs.

Prerequisites

You should be familiar with:

  • Windows operating systems
  • Websites & browsers
  • General IT infrastructure

A fundamental understanding of testing and some programming knowledge, like C#, is preferable but not essential.

Unsure whether you meet the prerequisites? Don’t worry. Your training consultant will discuss your background with you to understand if this course is right for you.

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Read reviews from recent accelerated courses below or visit Firebrand Stories for written and video interviews from our alumni.


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"Second course with Firebrand and more booked. Great tutors!"
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