Hand Coding a Coded UI Test

Question

I have been working with Coded UI Test(CUIT) feature of VS2010 .
When recording the CodedUI framework generates a lots of hierarchical classes.

I was wondering whether coding(by hand) a CUIT would reduce the code created and would it be as optimized(in searching elements) as generated code??

Also what are the scenarios where a CUIT could be coded by hand?

Answer 1

CUITe (Coded UI Test enhanced) Framework is for people who prefer hand coding. http://cuite.codeplex.com/

CUITe is a thin layer developed on top of Microsoft Visual Studio Team Test's Coded UI Test engine which helps reduce code, increases readability and maintainability, while also providing a bunch of cool features for the automation engineer.

CUITe allows you to define a much simpler Object Repository (== UIMap). Each page/window will be defined in a separate class file, and each UI control definition will be just a one liner. You can move common controls to a parent class which increases maintainability. You can also categorize the page/window definition classes into different folders as you deem fit.

Answer 2

I have been working on Coded UI, from my understanding recorded/generated code is too complex and difficult to maintain.

I always use hand coding, which is simple and easy to maintain.

Here is full sample hand coded UI script for Silver-light application

[TestMethod]
public void SilverlightHANDCODINGTest()
{
    BrowserWindow br = BrowserWindow.Launch(@"http://localhost:1377/SilverlightApplication1TestPage.html");

    UITestControl sCustom = new UITestControl(br);
    sCustom.TechnologyName = "Web";
    sCustom.SearchProperties.Add("ControlType", "Custom");
    sCustom.SearchProperties.Add("TagName", "OBJECT");
    sCustom.SearchProperties.Add("Type", "application/x-silverlight-2");
    sCustom.SearchProperties.Add("TagName", "OBJECT");

    // sCustom.DrawHighlight();

    SilverlightControl sframe = new SilverlightControl(sCustom);
    sframe.TechnologyName = "Silverlight";
    sframe.SearchProperties.Add(SilverlightControl.PropertyNames.MaxDepth, "-1");
    sframe.DrawHighlight();

    SilverlightEdit sTextBox = new SilverlightEdit(sCustom);
    sTextBox.TechnologyName = "Silverlight";
    sTextBox.DrawHighlight();
    Playback.Wait(2000);

    sTextBox.SetProperty(SilverlightEdit.PropertyNames.Text, "Thank god");

    SilverlightButton sButton = new SilverlightButton(sCustom);
    sButton.TechnologyName = "Silverlight";
    sButton.SearchProperties.Add(SilverlightButton.PropertyNames.DisplayText, "Button");

    sButton.DrawHighlight();

    Playback.Wait(2000);

    Mouse.Click(sButton);

    SilverlightComboBox sComboBox= new SilverlightComboBox(sCustom);
    sComboBox.TechnologyName = "Silverlight";

    sComboBox.DrawHighlight();

    Playback.Wait(2000);

    sComboBox.SetProperty(SilverlightComboBox.PropertyNames.SelectedItem,"Kishore");
}

Thanks,