Friday, November 17, 2006

review of gui testing tools based on its web pages

Ranorex - automated software testing tool [free]

  • Library for: c++, python, .Net

  • It is mainly gui automation library that can be used to GUI testing.
  • Works with Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Vista
  • See: simple python script
  • It gives:
    • ability to find gui interface element
    • Ranorex spy (info about gui elements)
    • easy start of application

    • automatic Mouse Move delay

Eggplant Test and Automation Software

  • Uses vnc.
  • Captures the image of an interface element. (Completely independent of coordinates)

    You can use it in a script. (If interface element changes it appearance, It will fail to find correct element)

  • Can record a QuickTime movie when test script failed.
  • It's own English like scripting language







TestDrive-Gold [not free]


  • Code free testing
  • Self healing technology

    Users can run

    existing scripts over revised or updated versions of the

    applications they are based on, automatically updating scripts

    and overwriting changes according to criteria they preset
  • Scripting replacement: Variable Data(data from file), Tracked Fields (extract fields data), Action maps(logic), BusySense (for web, smart delay till page loaded complete)

  • Testing for Lotus Notes applications
NUnitForms : An NUnit extension for testing Windows Forms applications.

  • Page look awful.
  • lack of gui.

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