RE: [flexcoders] testing of Flex apps

[Karl Johnson]

I spoke too soon with my question about QT. Came across this article http://www.adobe.com/macromedia/proom/pr/2005/mercury_flex.html   Sounds like the integration between the two is pretty tight, so that QT can actually recognize and manipulate flex UI objects. I am still interested in seeing if anyone has taken the approach I talked about in my first post...particularly a way to automate the UI testing of a flex app w/o spending the major dollars on mercury.   Karl From: Karl Johnson Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2006 10:01 AM To: 'flexcoders@yahoogroups.com' Subject: RE: [flexcoders] testing of Flex apps Yah, my approach to answering the question was with regards to automated UI testing, not sure why I assumed the original poster was not looking to unit test. I guess when you talk about regression testing of web apps, the most important thing is to test the UI its self, more than just unit test the methods (but unit testing is definitely still important).   So is QT the only app that claims to perform automated testing against flex apps? Anyone know how this works? Is this just record and playback of screen coordinates?   Karl   Cynergy Systems, Inc. From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul BH Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2006 9:55 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] testing of Flex apps for unit testing, you can use either asunit:  www.asunit.org or flexunit - which is on the adobe labs page. They are both based on JUnit - I've looked into both of them, if you want a comparison, here's my writeup of them: http://www.eyefodder.com/blog/2006/07/flexunit_asunit_deathmatch_res.shtml If you are looking at a Continuous integration setup, there's also details on my blog about setting that up... If you are loking for functional testing, then as shannon mentioned, QTP supports Flex2, or at least will in the near future... hth PBH On 7/26/06, Shannon Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]com> wrote: QuickTest Pro claims Flex 2 support:   http://www.mercury.com/us/products/quality-center/functional-testing/quicktest-professional/   Last <LI> on the page   Shan From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]ups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Karl Johnson Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2006 8:18 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]ups.com Subject: RE: [flexcoders] testing of Flex apps Here is a well written article from adobe on the testing of a flash based application: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/blueprint/articles/qa_petmarket.html   Unless something has come out recently, I don't know of any automated testing tools that directly support flash apps (flex). You can use some of the apps like homer that basically just record exact screen location where you click and type, and then playback using the same coordinates. This is not the most reliable way of testing, but it can for some.   Has anyone tried writing an automated testing framework for flex? One that would run as a flex app, and load the target app to be tested inside of its self? Then it could communicate with it and "click" and "type". I have done several automated testing frameworks like this for web applications (since I was never a fan of record and playback or buying software to do it), but I haven't tried it on flash/flex. I am almost positive you could do it though. I might have to give it a try one of these days :)   Karl   Cynergy Systems, Inc. http://www.CynergySystems.com From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]ups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Robert Kaeth Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2006 2:27 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]ups.com Subject: [flexcoders] testing of Flex apps What is the best way to regression test a flex app ? Does flex provide any regression testing suite for testing flex apps like JUNit, HTTPUnit ?   TIA -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.4/399 - Release Date: 7/25/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.4/399 - Release Date: 7/25/2006 __._,_.___ -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com SPONSORED LINKS Web site design development Computer software development Software design and development Macromedia flex Software development best practice YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "flexcoders" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. __,_._,___