Satheesh Kumar N - Software Testing using Visual Studio 2012

Satheesh Kumar N holds a Bachelors degree in Computer Science engineering and has around 17 years of experience in managing the software development life cycle, developing live projects, and program management. He started his career by developing software applications using Borland software products. He worked for multiple organizations in India, the UAE, and the US. His main domain expertise is in retail and he is currently working in Bangalore as a Program Delivery Manager for the top retailer in UK. He is currently handling five agile scrum teams for delivering the website features. His experience also includes implementation and customization of Microsoft Dynamics for an automobile sales company in UAE. He works with the latest Microsoft technologies and has published many articles on LINQ and other features of .NET. He is a certified PMP (Project Management Professional).

He has also authored Software Testing using Visual Studio Team System 2008 and Software Testing using Visual Studio 2010 for Packt Publishing .

I would like to thank my wife for helping me in co-authoring and supporting me in all the ways to complete this book. I would also like to thank my family members and friends for their continuous support in my career and success.

Subashni S holds a Bachelors Degree in Computer Science engineering and has around 15 years of experience in software development and testing life cycle, project, and program management. She is a certified PMP (Project Management Professional), CSTM (Certified Software Test Manager), and ITIL V3 Foundation certified. She started her career as a DBA in Oracle 8i technology, and later developed many software applications using Borland software products for a multinational company based in Chennai, and then moved to Bangalore. She is presently working for a multinational company, in the area of Project Management for developing and testing projects. She is also currently working for one of the top multinational companies headquartered at Austin, Texas.

She has also authored Software Testing using Visual Studio Team System 2008 and Software Testing using Visual Studio 2010 for Packt Publishing .

I would like to thank my husband for helping me in co-authoring and supporting me in all the ways to complete this book. I would also like to thank my other family members and friends for their continuous support in my career and success.

Ahmed Ilyas has a BENG degree from Napier University in Edinburgh, Scotland, where he majored in software development. He has 15 years of professional experience in software development.

After leaving Microsoft, he has ventured into setting up his consultancy company offering the best possible solutions for a magnitude of industries and providing real world answers to those problems, and only uses the Microsoft stack to build these technologies and be able to bring in the best practices, patterns, and software to his client base to enable long-term stability and compliance in the ever-changing software industry. He has also tried to improve software developers around the globe, pushing the limits in technology.

This went on to being awarded three times the MVP in C# by Microsoft for providing excellence and independent real world solutions to problems that developers face.

With the breadth and depth of the knowledge he has obtained not only from his research, but also with the valuable wealth of information and research at Microsoft, the motivation and inspirations come from this, with 90 percent of the world using at least one form of Microsoft technology.

Ahmed Ilyas has worked for a number of clients and employers. With the great reputation that he has, this has resulted in having a large client base for his consultancy company, Sandler Ltd (UK) which includes clients from different industries, from media to medical and beyond. Some clients have included him on their approved contractors/consultants list which include ICS Solution Ltd and has been placed on their DreamTeam portal and also CODE Consulting/EPS Software (www.codemag.com) (based in USA).

Ahmed Ilyas has also been involved in the past in reviewing books for Packt Publishing and wish to thank them for the great opportunity once again.

I would like to thank the author/publisher of this book for giving me the great honor and privilege in reviewing the book. I would also like to thank my client base and especially Microsoft Corporation and my colleagues over there for enabling me to become a reputable leader as a software developer in the industry, which is my passion.

Ken Tucker is a Microsoft MVP from 2003-2013. He has also worked for Seaworld Parks and Entertainment.

I would like to thank my wife Alice-Marie.

Carlos Hulot has been working in the IT area for more than 20 years in different capabilities, from software development, project management to IT marketing, product development and management. Carlos has worked for multinational companies such as Royal Philips Electronics, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and Microsoft. Currently Carlos is working as an independent IT consultant. Carlos is a Computer Science lecturer in two Brazilian universities. Carlos holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science and Electronics from the University of Southampton, UK, and a B.Sc. in Physics from University of So Paulo, Brazil.

Kalyan Bandarupalli is currently working in Oxford University, UK. His professional career started as a software engineer and then senior software developer and software architect. He is a senior consultant, who uses Microsoft technologies to develop applications. Since 2003, he has been working as a Microsoft technology developer.