Unit Testing Web Services using .net

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I have wcf .net client to a webservice. I am trying to ensure that the connection to this web service is solid and that the web-service itself is sturdy and can stand up and take a pounding. I was hoping to hit it with 50 different asynchronous calls to ensure that it is working well. Is there a way that I can use the .net framework to make multiple asynchronous calls to the webservice?

Can't you use your testing framework and write a "unit" test that utilizes [Parallel.ForEach](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd992198.aspx) to do multiple calls? All the popular testing frameworks are supported through (amongst others) extensions in VS2010. — Jeroen, Sep 17 '12 at 15:24

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 17 '12 at 14:58

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If you're using VS 2012 you can use the built-in load testing

You can also use free tools such as LoadUI

answered Sep 17 '12 at 14:58

tom redfern

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So nothing in vs2010 to do a little load testing huh? Alright. LoadUI it is. – SoftwareSavant Sep 17 '12 at 15:05
Actually 2010 has a featurepack for load testing but I've not used it: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/ff520697.aspx – tom redfern Sep 17 '12 at 15:48

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 26 '12 at 16:23

Visual Studio 2010 (Test edition or Ultimate edition) has excellent support for performance and load testing (with plenty of extensibility points to meet your needs). Check the following blog for a series of links related to load and web performance testing:

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/edglas/archive/2007/12/17/content-index-for-web-tests-and-load-tests.aspx

A good approach is to use fiddler to record traffic between application and service and then export this into a web performance test.

Unit Testing Web Services using .net

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