Hi Luke,
Also http://webtest.canoo.com/webtest/manual/whitepaper.html and
http://webtest.canoo.com/webtest/manual/externalCitations/JAX2007_WebTestPresentation.pdf
and you could search the mailing list archive or google for anything by Lisa
Crispin mentioning Canoo Webtest
The limitations of webtest in my view are related to the fact that it
emulates a browser which means sometimes behaviour is not a perfect match
for example I've just had an issue with a web app, where I don't control the
technology or architecture, but do need to test it. I'll send a separate
post about it now. This limitation however, is also a big benefit, making
webtest in my view the most stable, reliable tool to run large regression
suites in and unlike a lot of the open source tools does not require
programming skills, although does require a good understanding of xml.
regards,
John
On 8/7/07, Marc Guillemot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi Luke,
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > I'm making a presentation on Webtest to the team tomorrow. Any
> > suggestions on what seems to work to convince others to use the tool and
> > why its better than the alternatives.
>
> http://webtest.canoo.com/webtest/manual/keyCharacteristics.html is a
> good short summary and you can use it to compare WebTest to other tools.
>
> One very important point is that the tests should run in a deterministic
> way, what is not necessary the case for all "concurrents" (see recent
> post about Selenium: http://www.infoq.com/news/2007/08/selenium-pain).
>
> If you have managers in your audience, it is always good to show the
> recorder, this is something that they understand ;-)
>
> > And are there issues with using Webtest to test a ASP.Net website
> > running on IIS and using Ajax tools?
>
> The webserver doesn't matter.
>
> Concerning Ajax: XMLHttpRequest works since a long time but AJAX
> libraries often make an heavy use of js features. Many of these already
> works and upcoming HtmlUnit release contains a huge list of improvements
> but it may not cover everything your AJAX libraries use (this doesn't
> mean that it is difficult to fix).
>
> Marc.
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