Rangers WCF Load test tool … latest version published to Codeplex!

Francisco Fagas — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 19:20:33 GMT

This morning, we published the latest (Beta November 2010) version of the popular WCF Load Test tool to Codeplex.

This tool takes a WCF trace file and a WCF client proxy or a WCF interface contract, and generates a C# unit test that replays the same sequence of calls found in the trace file. The unit test can then be used to load-test the target WCF services.

Although tested in a few pilot customer engagements, this release still maintains the beta tag until we receive enough feedback from real world scenarios.

The following is a list of new features and improvements:

Provides support for DataSets
Delivers support for duplex contracts
Can handle ASMX services, even without a WCF client, which comes from the capability to process Fiddler2 traces
Automatically filters out NullMessage messages which can appear in service-side message logs
Verifies that the right kind of message log has been provided
Initializes out parameters in the stub methods so that generated code will always compile without modification
No longer locks the assemblies after the wizard has been used
Provides improved error reporting

Visual Studio 2010 Architecture Tooling Guidance

Francisco Fagas — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 19:06:00 GMT

Project Description

Practical guidance for Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate, which is focused on modeling tools. This release includes common usage scenarios, hands on labs, and lessons learnt from the community discussions.
The scenarios include understanding and reverse engineering an existing application or starting a new application from scratch. These are both common challenges that any dev lead or architect faces. The intent is to present you with examples that show how these tools can support you in real world scenarios, and to provide you with practical guidance and checklists, instead of an in-depth tour of the product features.

Visual Studio ALM Rangers

This guidance is created by the Visual Studio ALM Rangers, who have the mission to provide out of band solutions for missing features or guidance. This content was created with support from Microsoft Product Group, members of Microsoft Consulting Services, Microsoft Most Valued Professionals (MVPs) and technical specialists from technology communities around the globe, giving you a real-world view from the field, where the technology has been tested and used.

What is in the package?

The content is packaged in 3 separate zip files to give you the choice of selective downloads, but the default download is the first of the listed packages:

Common Questions and Scenarios --> Start here
Common Questions and Scenarios Visual Studio Extension Guidance Package (forthcoming)
Hands-On-Labs (HOLs), including:
- New Solution Scenario (HOL)
- Explore an Existing System Scenario (HOL)
- Creating extensions with the feature extension (HOL)
- Extensibility Layer Diagrams (HOL)
- Reusable Architecture (HOL)
- Validating an Architecture (HOL)

Team

Contributors
- Alan Wills (MSFT), Bijan Javidi (MSFT), Christof Sprenger (MSFT), Clemens Reijnen (MVP), Clementino de Mendonca (MVP), Edward Bakker (MVP), Francisco Xavier Fagas Albarracín (MVP), Marcel de Vries (MVP), Michael Lehman (MSFT), Randy Miller (MSFT), Tiago Pascoal (MVP), Willy-Peter Schaub (MSFT)
Reviewers
- David Trowbridge (MSFT), Hassan Fadili (MVP), Mathias Olausson (MVP), Rob Steel (MSFT), Shawn Cicoria (MSFT), Suhail Dutta (MSFT)