Editing Application Center Test

'''Application Center Test''' ('''ACT''') is a [[Microsoft]] [[load testing]] tool for [[web server]]s, focused on [[ASP.NET]]. It simulates numerous [[HTTP]] sessions from one machine.<ref name="c775">{{cite book |last=Hansen |first=John Erik |title=Enterprise Development with Visual Studio .NET, UML, and MSF |last2=Thomsen |first2=Carsten |date=2004 |publisher=Apress |isbn=978-1-59059-042-3 |publication-place=Berkeley, CA |page=537–564 |chapter=Application Center Test |doi=10.1007/978-1-4302-0696-5_13}}</ref><ref name="c544">{{cite book |last=Beres |first=J. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ewvUaJ5XXtoC&pg=PA574 |title=Sams Teach Yourself Visual Studio .NET 2003 in 21 Days |publisher=Sams |year=2003 |isbn=978-0-672-32421-5 |series=Sams Teach Yourself Series |page=574 |access-date=2025-03-01}}</ref> Using a bank of multiple computers, all firing off repeated HTTP requests, a significant load can be simulated. Tests can be written in either of the Microsoft [[scripting language]]s: [[VBScript]] and [[JScript]]. The tool can also be used for [[functional testing]], although that is not what it is designed for. It also contains a recording function to create test cases without having to program them in.

Application Center Test was bundled with ''[[Visual Studio]] .NET 2003 Enterprise Architect'' and ''Enterprise Developer'' editions. Its main competitor is [[Hewlett-Packard|HP]] [[LoadRunner]].

Application Center Test has been replaced with more powerful enterprise web application stress testing tools in Visual Studio 2005, specifically the ''Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Software Testers''<ref>[http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms364079(VS.80).aspx Microsoft Visual Studio Team Edition for Software Testers]</ref> and the more recent ''Visual Studio Test Professional 2012''<ref>[http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/eng/products/visual-studio-test-professional-2012 Visual Studio Test Professional 2012]</ref>

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