Home-Brew Test Automation (Great Document!!)

http://www.io.com/~wazmo/papers/home_brew_test_automation_20030312.pdf

Home-Brew Test Automation

Open Source
Browser Simulation
HttpUnit, Russell Gold
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Browser simulation in Java.
Popular & well-extended.
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http://www.httpunit.org/
jWebUnit, Thoughtworks
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A refinement on HttpUnit
and FIT. Java-based.
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http://jwebunit.sourceforge.net
Canoo WebTest,
Canoo Engineering AG
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Java-based browser
simulation with XML.
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http://webtest.canoo.com
HTTP::WebTest, Richard
Anderson and Ilya Martynov
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Browser simulation in Perl.
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http://search.cpan.org/author/I
LYAM/HTTP-WebTest-2.00/
WebUnit, Yuichi Takahashi
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Browser simulation in Ruby.
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http://www.xpenguin.biz/downl
oad/webunit/index-en.html
Puffin, Keyton Weissinger
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Browser simulation in
Python and XML.
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http://www.puffinhome.org/
Web Server
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Open Source
Browser Automation
Cliecontroller,
Chris Morris
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IE and .Net Windows
forms automation in
Ruby
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http://www.rubygarden.org
/ruby?RubyForTesting
Samie,
Henry Wasserman
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IE Browser
automation in Perl
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http://samie.sourceforge.net/
Web Server
Web
Browser
Automation
Library
Automation
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Open Source
Java GUI Drivers
Marathon, Jeremy Stell Smith et al, Thoughtworks
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Java Swing GUI driver using Python scripts. Includes a
recorder.
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http://marathonman.sourceforge.net/
Abbot, Timothy Wall
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Java GUI driver and recorder using XML scripts.
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http://abbot.sourceforge.net/
Pounder, Matthew Pekar
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Java GUI driver and recorder.
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http://pounder.sourceforge.net/
More Tools
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http://www.junit.org/news/extension/gui/index.htm
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http://www.superlinksoftware.com/cgi-bin/jugwiki.pl?TestingGUIsPage 22

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Other Open Source Test Libraries
Expect, Don Libes
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Command line driver in TCL.
Long-established.
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http://expect.nist.gov/
Win32::GuiTest,
Ernesto Guisado
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Windows GUI driver in Perl.
Popular.
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http://search.cpan.org/author/E
RNGUI/Win32-GuiTest-1.3/
Android, Larry Smith
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Unix/Linux GUI driver in Tcl.
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http://www.wildopensource.co
m/larry-projects/android.html
JUnitPerf, Mike Clark
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Performance measurement for
existing JUnit-based tests.
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http://www.clarkware.com/soft
ware/JUnitPerf.html
OpenSTA, Cyrano
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Web performance testing driver
and recorder. Uses a
"proprietary" scripting
language.
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http://opensta.org/
Avignon, NOLA Comp Services
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XML integration with JUnit.
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http://www.nolacom.com/avign
on/
Framework for Integrated
Test (FIT), Ward Cunningham
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Parses tests in HTML. Supports
multiple languages.
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Building Your
Own Tool
This is getting easier
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Automation interfaces are now standard
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You only have to support one technology
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Use and extend open source tools
Approaches
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Capture/Replay
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Scripting
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Data-driven
Maintenance is still a concern
Beyond Unit Testing
Scripting Languages
Interface Drivers
V Building Your Own Tool
Test Description Languages
Coaching TestsPage 24

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Test Interfaces
Which interface will be easier to test?