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DNN Has Joined the .NET Foundation

The .NET Foundation is an independent organization, by Microsoft, to improve open-source software development and collaboration around the .NET Framework. We are excited to announce that DNN has been accepted into the .NET Foundation.

Nov 16

By: Will Morgenweck

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DNN Unit/Integration Testing - Part 1

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This is an introductory article to guide those who would like to contribute to DNN Platform on how to write tests. In this article, I will explain the structure of the tests in the DNN Platform solution and how to run some/all of the existing tests.

Nov 15

By: George Alatrash

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DNN Automation Testing with F# (ATFS) – Part 3

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In the first two articles, I explained the basics of ATFS and how to use it to run all existing or specific UI tests. In this article, I’ll show you how to write your own UI tests.

Now let's get to the real work of writing our own tests. Let's start with a simple test to check whether a specific text is displayed in at the home page or not. We will to add the test under P1 Community area (folder).

Nov 15

By: George Alatrash

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DNN Automation Testing with F# (ATFS) – Part 2

This is the second article in a series of articles on how to use the F# automation Framework to write UI tests and WEB API tests.

In the previous article I introduced the ATFS and how to use for testing your own site. In this one, I’ll explain the various configurations elements in the YAML configuration file that controls the written tests. Also, I will walk you through running individual test contexts.

Nov 15

By: George Alatrash

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DNN Automation UI Testing with F# (ATFS) - Part 1

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This is the first article is a series of articles on how to use the F# automation Framework to write UI tests and WEB API tests. This first blog will introduce the framework and how to run it to test your Platform site.

In the previous years DNN has developed a testing framework for automating DNN Platform application testing. The framework uses F# language (which is one of the .NET languages) and utilizes a few other open source libraries for this; of these: Canopy (http://lefthandedgoat.github.io/canopy/) and Selenium (http://www.seleniumhq.org/).

Nov 15

By: George Alatrash

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Open Sourcing UI Automation Framework

DNN Corp. is pleased to open source yet another piece of software - UI Automation Testing Framework. This has been in use internally at DNN for quite some time. We are now making it available to the bigger DNN community to further strengthen the DNN Platform.

Nov 14

By: Ash Prasad

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Visual Query 2.0 is SQL & LINQ for JavaScript & Razor (2sxc 9.8)

Visual Query v2 comes with many enhancement which will make both JavaScript and Razor / MVC development much easier in DNN.

Nov 14

By: Daniel Mettler

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DNN Digest November 2017

This month's DNN Digest is packed with info including content about DNN Summit's 2 Keynote Speakers, and upcoming Virtual User Conference, 10lb Gorilla's Theming Reference, and more. Check out the November, 2017 DNN Digest.

Nov 10

By: Clint Patterson

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DNN Summit Mad Libs

As DNN Summit approaches we thought it would be fun to do some "Mad Libs" with the DNN Community. The instructions are included so let's see how creative everyone can be with their wording. DNN Summit is going to be a blast!

Nov 03

By: Clint Patterson

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Previewing Prompt in DNN/Evoq 9.2.0

Kelly Ford and Peter Donker came up with the concept of DNN Prompt earlier this year. Prompt – as the name suggests is a way to manage DNN through a command-prompt interface. The code was offered to DNN Corp, where we gladly accepted. Of course, Engineering went through the code and made the necessary updates to make it part of the Platform. This blog provides you with the preview of DNN Prompt.

Oct 31

By: Ash Prasad

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