Testing Tools for Smart Device Projects

Smart device programmability includes testing tools for smart devices that enable you to create, manage, edit, and run tests for device applications built on the .NET Compact Framework. The most important feature that smart device testing tools provide is the ability to create unit tests for smart device projects and to run the tests on physical devices or emulators. This design enables you to validate the application's code on an actual device. In Visual Studio 2005, unit testing was only available for applications built on the full .NET Framework. In Visual Studio 2008, these capabilities extend to applications built on the .NET Compact Framework. The result is a set of testing tools for smart devices that use the same familiar Visual Studio user interface.

Note

To be able to use these tools, you must install Smart Device Programmability. Testing tools are not available for native C++ smart device projects.

In This Section

• Understanding Testing Tools for Smart Devices
  Describes how testing tools for smart devices and Visual Studio are related, and describes what features are available based on your edition of Visual Studio.

• Working with Smart Device Unit Tests
  Describes unit tests for smart device projects.

• Smart Device Test Projects
  Describes smart device test project which contain tests for smart device projects.

• Differences Working With Testing Tools for Smart Devices
  Contains a list of differences between the device and desktop tools.

• Walkthrough: Creating and Running a Smart Device Unit Test
  Describes how to create and run a smart device unit test.

Related Sections

• Test Edition
  Provides links to topics that discuss advanced testing tools that enable teams to verify the performance of applications before deployment.

• Walkthrough: Creating and Running a Smart Device Unit Test
  Demonstrates how to create a unit test to test a smart device application.

• How to: Optimize Help for Smart Device Development
  Shows you where to find Help for testing tools on devices. Due to the plug-in design, much of the documentation for testing tools for smart devices is located in the Team Edition Testing Tools documentation.