Test Automation FAQ

Google Test Automation Conference Extending Selenium RC

testautomationfaq — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 19:27:57 +0000

The 2nd Annual Google Test Automation Conference (GTAC) in New York on August 23 and 24. Jason Huggins Extending Selenium into the Browser and out to the Grid video.

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Introduction to Selenium Remote Control

testautomationfaq — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 19:20:26 +0000

Selenium Remote Control I think of as a more robust, ‘best-practice’ solution to functional automation of a website.

You basically install the “Remote Control” then you can you can write your tests in most languages including Java, Perl, Python, Ruby, PSP. And then you can run your tests from the command line.

Install and configure Selenium RC.
Make sure your Selenium RC server is running.
RC will act as a proxy for your browser

Works with multiple platforms including Windows, Mac OSX and Linux. And browsers including Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera, Safari. More details is at Selenium Remote Control Docs.

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Introduction to Selenium IDE

testautomationfaq — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 01:50:17 +0000

Selenium IDE is one of the easiest ways to automate a web application quickly and it is the only flavor of Selenium that will record and play. Like other flavors of Selenium it will work in multiple browsers on multiple platforms.

You might want to use Selenium IDE to perform a quick and dirty test if the data and site never changes and is only used for a shirt while like perhaps a couple of days. But if I want to use it longer term, I might try something else like Selenium Remote Control.

Some basic steps to use Selenium IDE:

Install Selenium IDE (I installed it in Firefox for this example)
Open Firefox and go to the link you want to test
Launch Selenium IDE
By default you will be in Record mode
Select HTML Format
Click on some links, enter some text for your web application under test
Stop your test
Now run it

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Introduction to JUnit

testautomationfaq — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 00:36:30 +0000

JUnit is a framework for the Java programming language. This framework was developed by Kent Beck and Erich Gamma and is one of the most successful and widely used automated Unit testing frameworks.

Basic installation steps include:

Download and Install JUnit
Define a Subclase of TestCase
Override setUP() method Initialize the environment
Define one or many test() method that exercises objects under test and asserts expected results
OVerride tearDown() method to release resources properly
Define a suite() method to create a test suite
Execute tests one at a time or execute a suite of tests

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Test Automation FAQ

admin — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 01:53:27 +0000

I have worked over 10 years in the Software Quality Assurance Industry and this is website is way for me to share some of my experience and is my gift back to the community.

I plan to share some of my experiences with Open Source Automation tools as well as some Commercial ones I have used in the past. I’ll share some information on:

Planning a Test Automation Project
Choosing the write tool
The What, Why, How and When of Test Automation
Tips using some popular tools & frameworks including Junit, HTTPUnit, Selenium, Watir and Wet
Processes and Procedures
Finding good people

Any many more topics.