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1. Silverlight Spy

   This is a great tool; it is the Firebug for Silverlight. This tool allows you to inspect elements, styles and configuration information for your Silverlight/XBAP applications.

   Like Snoop for WPF

   Like Firebug for CSS

   Download here http://silverlightspy.com/silverlightspy/download-silverlight-spy

   

   Figure: What is this space for? Control + Shift click the object

   

   Figure: Then you see it is the rectangle

2. Telerik's automated testing tools

   Today in 2010 Microsoft’s Test Manager is great for Windows and Web apps, but there is a glaring hole. No support for Silverlight. You need to try Telerik’s WebUI Test Studio. It is heaps better than Test Manager + the Coded UI tests. http://www.telerik.com/automated-testing-tools

   The key features are:
   • It generates much less code (4 steps instead of UIMap.cs, etc...)
   • Easy recording (a very nice UI)
   • You can playback in a different browser
   • Faster
   So give it a try:
   1. You Download the standalone tool at http://www.telerik.com/download/teststudio
   2. Connect to a Silverlight site
   3. Record Silverlight
   4. Generate code
   5. and you're done
   6. Decide yourself if this is better than Microsoft Test Manager (MTM)