Test Studio 2.0 webinar, Lucky license winner

If you missed today's info-packed What's New in WebUI Test Studio 2.0 webinar, you missed a great event with a valuable live Q & A. I was joined by ArtOfTest Co-Founder and CTO, Faris Sweis, who spent the majority of today's time showing-off the new features in the latest WebUI Test Studio release. We saw how the new Silverlight support makes it just as easy and intuitive to do "point and click" testing of Silverlight apps as ASP.NET/HTML applications. We saw how the new test recording tools make it easy to target specific elements in a test. And we got a good overview of how the free WebAii Testing Framework compares to WebUI Test Studio. All available (with the Q & A) on Telerik TV now!

As a reminder, WebUI Test Studio 2.0 is also available for immediate download on Telerik.com! Released today, you have instant access to all of the new features highlighted in today's webinar.

Finally, as part of the official launch of Test Studio 2.0, we're giving away 3 Test Studio licenses (each valued at $2500). Two will be given away as part of our Twitter and Facebook contests- visit Telerik.com for more details. One goes to a lucky winner from today's live webinar audience. And today's lucky winner is....

Cory Hudson!

Congrats to Cory and thanks to everyone for joining today's event. Enjoy the on-demand video and stay tuned for more Test Studio 2.0 content very soon.

Watch the recorded WebUI Test Studio 2.0 video on Telerik TV in full size

WebUI Test Studio 2.0 launches tomorrow (with webinar)

Hello again loyal Telerik Watch readers! It what has probably been the single longest stretch of "silence" on Telerik Watch in the last three years, I'm finally back in the saddle after the busy fall travel season. Good thing, too, because I'm just in time to let you know that tomorrow (Thursday) we're officially launching WebUI Test Studio 2.0!

We released a beta of WebUI Test Studio 2.0 with Q3 2009, but Thursday marks the official release. In case you missed the 2.0 release highlights (and these are truly tip of the iceberg highlights), here's a quick reminder:

• New (industry first) point & click automated UI test support for Silverlight
• Brand new VS UI test recorder "overlay surface" (basically, improved test recording tools)
• New element menu & "per element" testing
• New Translators for the RadControls for Silverlight

To help jumpstart your mastery of the new features, especially those now available for Silverlight, we're also hosting a webinar tomorrow to cover what's new in WebUI Test Studio 2.0. I'll be joined by ArtOfTest CTO Faris Sweis and together we'll show you the essentials of working with 2.0's new features.

The webinar kicks-off at our standard 11:00 AM Eastern, tomorrow, Thursday, December 10th. You can register now to save your seat, and then join us for the live event. With Faris participating, this is a great chance to come have all of your burning WebUI Test Studio (or WebAii Framework) questions answered.

Enjoy the official release bits and join us for the release webinar!

(Oh yeah! I almost forgot. We'll be giving away one WebUI Test Studio license to one lucky attendee of tomorrow's live event! Remember, WebUI Test Studio is not part of the Telerik Premium Collection, so this is a valuable $2500 prize even if you have the Telerik PC. There will be chances to win Test Studio on Twitter and Facebook, too, so don't fret if you absolutely can't make the live webinar. For everyone else, now you definitely need to go sign-up and attend!)

Webinar Replay: What's New in Q3 2009

Miss the first of the Q3 '09 Release Week Webinars today? Catch-up now by watching the recorded on-demand version now available on Telerik TV (and above). Today's webinar provided an overview of the Q3 2009 release and took a closer look at the new features in OpenAccess ORM and WebUI Test Studio. This is the first of five planned webinars, so don't miss the next event, which is going to cover the new stuff in the RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX and MVC.

Watch the recorded webinar in full size on Telerik TV

Q1 Kick-off Webinar & Intro to WebUI Test Studio

In case you missed the live event this morning (11 AM Eastern Time - sorry to those in Europe that were confused by the daylight savings time change in the US), we have moved quickly to make the on-demand resource available online. Enjoy the Q1 2009 release week kick-off webinar here or in "full definition" on Telerik TV and then join us for our next live webinar tomorrow, Wednesday, 11 AM Eastern Time, to learn what's new in the RadControls for WinForms and WPF in Q1 2009. And let me preface this recording by saying this is an overview webinar, so it is light on tech content (as some have pointed out). The rest of the webinars this week will have a lot more tech content and demos, so if you're looking for more "meat," join us everyday at 11AM this week. Watch the Q1 2009 Kick-off Webinar on Telerik TV (in "full" definition)

Introducing Telerik WebUI Test Studio, Public beta available now

The wait is over. Telerik today is announcing a brand new product that will be added to our growing line of .NET developer tools in Q1 2009: Telerik WebUI Test Studio. Created in partnership with ArtOfTest, WebUI Test Studio is a next-generation tool for creating automated web UI tests. It integrates directly with Visual Studio (no extra programs required). It enables, easy, interactive web UI test recording (and maintenance). It creates tests that can target multiple browsers (currently IE and FF, soon Safari and Chrome). And best of all, it can intelligently test the RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX. If you are already doing automated web UI testing today, this tool is going to dramatically simplify your workflow and make testing complex controls like the RadControls quick and painless. If you're new to automated web UI testing, this tool is going to finally make what seemed like an impossibly difficult task (automating tests of a website's UI) point-and-click easy. To get started understanding this new tool, be sure to check out all of the videos on Telerik TV (with more to follow very soon). In fact, the intro video is probably the best place to start. We hope that you enjoy this new offering and addition to the Telerik line-up. Combined with the RadControls for your UI and OpenAccess ORM for your data layer, WebUI Test Studio helps you automate another aspect of your developer tasks so that you can focus the majority of your time on the code that makes your (or your clients) money. Keep your RSS tuned-in here for more details and watch Q1 for the official release. 'Til then, download the Telerik WebUI Test Studio Beta and let us know what you think!