Out of the various tasks which make up manual testing, this chapter has approached storage and the execution of manual tests while dealing with the problems that arise around them.

The chapter started with demonstrating the inner tools of Test Studio for creating tests and annotating them; alternatively, it showed how this process can be simplified, thanks to the integration with MS Excel.

The chapter continued to talk about the setup and teardown procedures that are usually inherent to manual tests but inconveniently repeated among them. Next, it showed how this repetitiveness can be treated in hybrid tests by utilizing the fast forward feature exemplified in two real-world cases.

Manual test execution was addressed afterwards along with the vulnerabilities that are bound to it. These vulnerabilities were overcome by Test Studio's guided execution and annotation process.

The precedent features have prepared for the fully integrated transition from a manual to an automated test, where together with the manipulation of the test, runner type can enable a previous manual test to run in a purely automated mode.

Having demonstrated the needed features for creating tests, the chapter then deals with source versioning and control through Test Studio integration with TFS, which resolves problems related to file backup and collaboration.

As you know, test cases are usually grouped into test suites. These test suites typically exist to serve an execution purpose. For instance, some are used as smoke test suites, others as regression test suites, and so on. The next chapter approaches this requirement through Test Studio test lists and demonstrates their various advanced capabilities.