DHTML/JavaScript has been made testable over the past few years by tools such as Selenium. Making your web app testable does sometimes require introducing some contrivances for predictable output in test mode. However, Selenium has decent support for writing tests that are flexible enough to handle semi-random output.
As far as I know, the tools for testing Flash embed objects and JavaFX applets have not reached Selenium's level of maturity yet. Automated testability is one of the top priorities for some companies when they need to be able to grow their application's scope rapidly and safely over a long period of time while releasing frequently to production. On Jan 12, 1:31 pm, Casper Bang <casper.b...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have my own reservations about these container RIA's. But what I > don't understand, is how DHTML/JavaScript is more testable than static > languages like JavaFX/C#. > > /Casper > > On Jan 12, 7:25 pm, Jess Holle <je...@ptc.com> wrote: > > > Entirely dismissing Flex, JavaFX, and Silverlight all because they don't > > have as many automated testing tools as DHTML seems a bit much. > > > Testability is a great *ability. It is not the only *ability, though. > > > Testing DHTML isn't a panacea either. Once you get unpredictable > > database ids and other real-world stuff involved one can't achieve the > > panacea promised by various testing frameworks. > > > Casper Bang wrote: > > > Can't say I was surpriced to read this analysis from ThoughWorks > > > (Martin Fowler): > > >http://www1.vtrenz.net/imarkownerfiles/ownerassets/1013/Technology%20... > > > > Were you?
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