Visual Basic for Testers

One In the Beginning: Preparing for Automated Script Writing.- 1 Automated Software Testing Overview.- 2 Getting Started with Visual Basic on an Automated Testing Project.- Two The Second Stage: Introduction to Automated Script Writing.- 3 Introduction to the Visual Basic Development Environment.- 4 Understanding Visual Basic Application Essentials.- Three Beyond the Basics: Now You’re Testing!.- 5 Creating Test Utilities.- 6 Testing with the Windows Registry.- 7 Introduction to the Windows Application Programmer’s Interface (API).- Four Advanced Topics in Automated Test Scripting.- 8 Introduction to Database Testing.- 9 Introduction to Testing COM Components.- 10 Testing the Web with Visual Basic.- 11 VB.NET: Brave New World.- 12 From Tester to Tester: Advice to the Visual Basic Automator.- Appendixes.- Appendix A Resources and References.- References.- Testing Books.- Visual Basic Books.- General Software Design and Development.- Articles/Journals/Periodicals.- Web Articles Referenced.- Resources.- Recommended Testing Web Sites.- Recommended Visual Basic Web Sites.- Recommended Database Design and SQL Resources.- Recommended Web and ASP Resources.- Recommended Testing Publications.- Recommended Visual Basic Publications.- Appendix B More Controls.- Option Buttons and Checkboxes.- The Frame Control.- The Combo Box Control.- Even More Controls.- Appendix C File Access and Management.- File Management in Visual Basic.- Standard File Access.- The Sequential File.- Writing to a Sequential File.- Reading a Sequential File.- The Random Access File.- Writing to and Reading from a Random Access File.- The Binary Access File.- Appendix D Required Reading: Automated Testing Essays.- About the Authors.- Seven Steps to Test Automation Success by Bret Pettichord.- TestAutomation Snake Oil by James Bach.- Advice for Automated Testers Learning Visual Basic by Elisabeth Hendrickson.