test automation
Selenium RC In C# as a Console App: Another End-To-End Example
The purpose of this post is to show people how to wrap a Selenium RC test up into a console app (*.exe) so can been executed from the command line. This is a solution makes it where you don’t have to have NUnit involved. Déjà vu all over again! Another basic Selenium example. What the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 23 so far )Wrapping my mind around Slim Query Tables
I started using the Slim test framework (the .NET implementation) about two weeks ago, but had worked primarily with scenario, script , and decision tables up until yesterday. (Scenario tables ROCK btw and I will blog about them soon). Yesterday I started working on an automated test (or, if you prefer, collection of checks) that [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 3 so far )Selenium RC in C# using NUnit: An End-to-End Example
This may come as a shock to many of you, but I’m kinda a dummy. (Collective gasps echoing through the Web.) I know! It’s hard to believe, but that’s why I’m such a great tester: I don’t take much for granted. I hate technology tutorials that kind of wing the details. The devil is in [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 72 so far )Grid Interaction in Selenium Tests with XPath
Even though I have been using SeleniumRC for a few years now, I never actually had the need to write xpath expressions. I knew that xpath was one option for locating UI controls in Selenium, but I was always able to use control IDs, names, or text…until recently. I’m working on automating tests for a [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )Here it is. My first post. (a.k.a. Why automate sub-UI?)
…all was going well until I said something (I thought to be) pretty benign – something along the lines of “Well, I’m hoping that the architecture of the app is such that most of these test actions and verifications can be performed sub-UI.”
I heard brakes screech…
…Well, why DO we want to automate tests primarily at the sub-UI level?
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