new generation record/playback tools for ajax testing
DESCRIPTION
While some in the test community talk about record/playback technology as dead-end test automation approach, a new generation of open source record/playback test tools that every tester should consider is now available. Tools like Sahi and TestMaker Object Designer were built for AJAX environments and support thousands of web objects and the asynchronous nature of AJAX. Frank Cohen shows you how to install and use these free tools in your environment and record test scripts of a complicated AJAX application in IE, Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Opera. Learn how to data-enable applications without coding, use branching and looping commands, construct advanced element target locators without using XPath, and package tests as reusable test objects to share with other testers.TRANSCRIPT
New Generation Record/Playback Tools for AJAX Testing
Frank Cohen, +01 (408) 871-0122, [email protected]
September 13, 2011
Open Source Test Automation
The Death of Capture/Playback‣ “It's no secret that using capture / playback as the sole
automation technology leads to failure,” Edward Kit at PSQT Conference, 2002
‣http://tinyurl.com/43dvq84
‣And that was before...
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WebKit
Open Source Test Automation
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Open Source Testing (OST)
Open Source Test Automation
Why An OST Alternative?‣HP QuickTest Professional does a great job for testing a small part of
the Internet
‣Functional Testing (Smoke, Regression, Integration)
‣Windows using ActiveX
‣Flash, Flex
‣MS Internet Explorer
‣Web 2.0 with Coding Effort
‣Best Money Can Buy
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Open Source Test Automation
OST For Everywhere Else‣Open Source Testing Tools
‣TestMaker Object Designer
‣Selenium
‣Sahi
‣Unit Tests (Java, Ruby, Python, PHP)
‣Record in WebKit based browsers (Chrome, Safari, Opera),IE, Firefox
‣Agile Testing, Agile Performance Testing and Production Monitoring
‣Rich Internet Applications (RIA,) Mobile, Pads
‣OST For Everyone (Developers, Testers, Business Managers)
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Open Source Test Automation
OST Architecture
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Functional
Test
Production
Monitor
Load Test
Continuous Integration
Repository Bug TrackerTest
ManagementMonitoring
Test Authoring
SoapUI (Pro)
Sahi (Pro)
JUnit Class Framework
Eclipse Java IDE
Fitness
Languages: Java, Python
Wiki Collaboration
Application Under TestWeb, RIA, BPM, SOA
PTTMonitorCPU, Net, Memory
Test Injector
BundlesMySQL, HtmlUnit
ScriptRunnersSahi, Selenium, SoapUI, Java
Data Production Librariescsv files, rdbms queries
Test Operation Console
RepositoryMySQL RDBMS
Results AnalysisBusiness Intelligence Tool
DesignerRecord/Playback
Grid and CloudTest Deployment
Open Source Test Automation
Browser Compatibility Tests
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Application Under Test
TestMaker Console
TestNode
Selenese Test
Selenium RC SeleniumHtmlUnit
Open Source Test Automation
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ScriptRunnersScriptRunner Type Name (langtype)
Designer Script IE, Htmlunit designerscript
Selenium HtmlUnit Browser selenium
Selenium RC IE, Firefox, Chrome seleniumrc
Sahi IE, HtmlUnit sahi
HTTP Archive Page Optimization HAR
Selenium RC IE, Firefox, Chrome seleniumrc
SoapUI SOAP and REST soapui
TestGen4Web Web 1.0 Tests testgen4web
Mozmill Mozilla XUL Tests mozmill
Unit Tests jUnit TestCase Java, Jython, JRuby, PHP, Perl, Groovy
DotNet .NET Tests dotnet
Visual Basic VB tests vb
Command Line Desktop and utils commandline
Open Source Test Automation
Your cloud or mine? Or both!
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SOAP
TestNode
test
PTTMonitor
TestNode
test
PTTMonitor
Application or Service
SOAP SOAP SOAP
HTTP REST AMF AJAX
TestMaker Console
TestNode
test
PTTMonitor
TestNode
test
PTTMonitor
Test RunTime
Open Source Test Automation
You’re Such A Geek!
Lots of Possibilities
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Seattle, DatacenterTestNode
TestMaker
Dallas, TexasDatacenter
Generating Load
Test Sent
Open Source Test Automation
Let’s Talk About...‣How To Record/Playback Rich Internet Applications
‣Repurposing Test Objects To Be Functional Tests, Load and Performance Tests, and Production Monitors
‣Adding Verification Steps to Tests
‣Data Enabling Tests
‣Object Repository for Sharing Test Objects
‣Operating Selenium, Sahi, and soapUI tests in Grid and Cloud Environments
‣Running Root Cause Analysis Reports
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Open Source Test Automation
What’s Missing in OST‣Desktop Record/Playback
‣QTP VB Script Conversion (see PushToTest Global Services)
‣Keyword/Expert Mode (see Designer’s Export menu)
‣HP Quality Center (QC) Integration (Requires TestMaker Enterprise)
‣Object Repository (OST depends on svn, CI)
‣Time-based Recording
‣HP Mercury Reporting Is Better, OST Catching Up Fast
‣HP Mercury Add-ons
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Open Source Test Automation
Where To Go From Here‣Download And Learn TestMaker Object Designer
‣http://www.pushtotest.com
‣Watch A Screencast and Tutorial
‣http://www.pushtotest.com/screencastcentral
‣Tell Your Followers
‣http://twitter.com/fcohen
‣Attend An Open Source Test Workshop
‣http://workshop.pushtotest.com
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