Yes - we are very interested in leveraging the existing automation packages...we need some questions answered first...please see my response here:
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/message/64177 Two most important things for us to consider using the automation packages: 1) They enable scripting, not record and playback 2) They don't require FDS --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, slangeberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Brian, > > I am very interested in in a testing library like you speak of, and was > wondering what you thought of Matt's reply? Does your current system utilize > mx.automation and/or are you considering leveraging this? > > Thanks, > > -Scott > > On 2/7/07, Matt Chotin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I am not looking to derail any interest in you guys building > > alternatives, but would like to point out that the Flex team did a large > > amount of work to enable the kind of functionality you're looking for (minus > > the tool). Check out the mx.automation packages and you'll see the > > infrastructure that is in place to solve problems like using semantic events > > instead of x/y coordinates, etc. Admittedly, this is the portion that we > > consider the more interesting IP rather than the plugin that enables QTP to > > leverage this functionality (and what you need to pay to use). If you have > > FDS or are willing to invest money in the APIs even if not in QTP itself, > > I'd encourage you to build on top of this system. Interest from other > > vendors is increasing as well and I hope that we'll see offerings in > > addition to QTP in the future (they will be built using this framework). > > > > > > > > As I stated previously we will continue to examine licensing options for > > things like the automation package, but do not expect any changes in the > > short term. > > > > > > > > Matt > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > *From:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On > > Behalf Of *brian.knorr > > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 07, 2007 4:02 PM > > *To:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > > *Subject:* [flexcoders] Re: any interest in an alternative to QTP to > > automate Flex apps? > > > > > > > > I took a look at imacros...my only concern is that it uses WINCLICK to > > automate flash apps. This means everything is x/y coordinate based. We > > want to interact with the actual ui components, finding them by their > > properties or type. For example here is a short snippet of a simple > > test we are using...I added the comments in order to explain what is > > going on: > > > > //find the first ComboBox in the app > > var comboBoxOperator:ComboBoxOperator = flexOperator.find(ComboBox) as > > ComboBoxOperator; > > > > //select the option with the specified label > > //upon user selection the app fires an event that sets a label component > > with the text 'You selected: X' > > comboBoxOperator.select("MasterCard"); > > > > //find the label with the specified properties and assert the correct > > selection was made > > assertEquals("You selected: > > MasterCard",LabelOperator(flexOperator.find({id:"myLabel"})).text); > > > > Thoughts? > > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, "Allen > > Riddle" <ariddle@> wrote: > > > > > > I've posted on here before about this topic. I think this is something > > > that lacks in the Flex community. Just curious if you or your company > > > have looked at a product called imacros. I downloaded the demo and it > > > was pretty decent. It's a lot cheaper than QTP. It also lets you > > script > > > out tests. I've also wondered if it was possible to get Ruby's Watir > > > tool to work with Flex, that would be my first choice if so. Cool > > > suggestion, we'd use it. > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto: > > flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>] > > On > > > Behalf Of Simeon Bateman > > > Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 3:56 PM > > > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > > Subject: Re: [flexcoders] any interest in an alternative to QTP to > > > automate Flex apps? > > > > > > > > > > > > I am interested in this. I had been playing with the thought of using > > > the FA Bridge to allow you to use Selenium to test your applications. > > > Then you could use the Firefox plugin to record our actions and test > > the > > > movie. > > > > > > Not sure how feasible it is but even that would start with having a > > > testing framework in flex to tie into. > > > > > > > > > simeon > > > > > > On 2/7/07, brian.knorr wundahwheel@ > > > <mailto:wundahwheel@ > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Automating functional tests is critical to the way we develop software > > > at my company. And there are two big things that stop us from using > > QTP. > > > > > > 1) It's record and playback - we want to write test scripts > > > 2) It costs a lot of money - we want a tool that is free and community > > > driven > > > > > > At my company we are writing several applications in Flex2 and are > > > building out an as3 library that allows us to write test scripts in > > > as3 to drive the Flex ui as if the user was interacting with it. If > > > you are familiar with the Java Swing testing tool called Jemmy, it's > > > very similar in design. > > > > > > Is there any interest out there for a tool like this? I am about to > > > create a sourceforge project, but first wanted to get a feel for the > > > need. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Brian > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > : : ) Scott >
