Got a question from one of my co-workers...

Post #269,984

10/10/06 9:43:07 AM

Hey,

You have access to a good group of geeks on I, We, They\ufffd Can you post a question about "Automated Testing Tools". I'd like to find out different people's experiences (both uber technical and not so technical) from the point of creating test cases, maintaining test cases, ease of use, ease of the interface, etc.

Thanks!!!

Thanks In Advance!

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Post #269,988

by admin

10/10/06 9:51:12 AM

Re: Got a question from one of my co-workers...

We use Empirix. While it's good for doing rote "click here, then here, look for this string" types of testing, it's completely GUI-based and unscriptable from the command line. We have to run it manually as opposed to making it part of our build. In its favor it's better at testing Javascript and the like because it runs its own copy of IE. Windows only, natch.

We also use Grinder, an open-source tool for load testing (although it can be used for unit testing too). It's Java and daemon-based with an optional GUI, and very flexible.

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Post #269,989

by imric

10/10/06 9:54:19 AM

Thanks!

I've forwarded the top post to this thead to her... Mebbe I can get her to sign up with us!

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Paranoia Is a Survival Trait
Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised...
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As hopeless as it seems in the middle,
Or as finished as it seems in the end.

Post #269,992

by boxley

10/10/06 10:04:09 AM

we use slapd and winrunner,

winrunner is expensive but very easy to work with, Slapd is opensource java tool very customisable if you know java scripting
thanx,
bill

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Post #269,993

by Yendor

10/10/06 10:17:10 AM

Re: Got a question from one of my co-workers...

In addition to what AdminiScott suggested, I've also seen CruiseControl used to to automated builds and automatically run a project's unit tests. [link|http://cruisecontrol.sf.net/|http://cruisecontrol.sf.net/]

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Post #270,027

by drewk

10/10/06 7:24:09 PM

Look at Seapine

[link|http://seapine.com/qawizard.html|QA Wizard] is point-and-click, but you can modify the recorded script. It's got logical flow control, you can pull in data from SQL Server, Access, Excel, or internal grids. It can run a single instance of IE, so the script support is good, or you can run multiple instances headless for load testing.

If you want to, it integrates with the rest of the Seapine tools, or with SourceSafe and some other issue tracking systems. It helps to know a bit of VB if you want to do any complex stuff, but the point-click-and-edit capbilities are pretty good. And way cheaper than Winrunner, Mercury or Rational Robot.

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