Fiddler updates help with VSTS Web Tests

Posted on 17 April 2007 by

I read with interest this morning, Sean Lumley’s blog post entitled “Enhanced web test support in Fiddler“. I have had my fair share of headaches recording web tests using VSTS and I have known for a while that Fiddler is your friend. The ability to save Fiddler tests in the VSTS .webtest format is fantastic. After reading Sean’s post I know that has never been more true than now with the updates to version 2.0.8.8.

Some of the new features (from Sean’s blog) include;

  • Ability to filter out dependent requests
  • Only first request in a redirect chain will be saved.
  • Automatic correlation of view state and event validation fields
  • Plug-in architecture that allows you to write your own custom code that can change how a web test is saved.

If you’re working with Web Tests in VSTS, be sure to read Sean’s full blog post and download Fiddler 2.0.8.8 or later here.

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Anthony Borton is a Microsoft MVP in Visual Studio ALM. He is the principle ALM Consultant/Trainer at Enhance ALM, based in Brisbane, Australia.
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2 Responses to Fiddler updates help with VSTS Web Tests

  1. Vyas Bharghava says:
    1 October 2007 at 3:38 am

    Hi Anthony,
    Can you share the URL from where I can download these Fiddler2 "addons"?  I’m looking at using some of the new features…
    Thanks in advance.
    Regards, Vyas

  2. Vyas Bharghava says:
    1 October 2007 at 3:43 am

    Oops… I spoke too soon…  It seems that they are part of Visual Studio 2008 setup [Microsoft.VisualStudio.QualityTools.WebTestFramework, Version=8.0.0.0,...]

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