Fair enough Joe, Ethereal may be a powerful tool, but I don't feel one can seriously think about building and easily manipulating non-regression functional test scripts thanks to a network protocol analyzer.
There is definitely a need for an easy way to run such tests, and whatever their flaws, proxies seems to be the best way to record and subsequently validate business cases in Web applications. Solex offers such an easy way to record, enhance and play back your scripts, all that nicely integrated in Eclipse, which is definitely a plus. Rgds, Olivier. > FROM: Joseph Panico > DATE: 06/21/2002 08:02:38 > SUBJECT: RE: [Tapestry-developer] Solex > > You have to take the results from poxy-based listeners with a grain of > salt-- they will modify the underlying http dialog mechanics, depending > on exactly what you are trying to do. This is especially true in the > area of keep-alives-- they are not completely transparent. > > For a much more transparent solution, check out Ethereal > (http://www.ethereal.com/). It's open source and can run on Win32, > Linux and Solaris. It's a packet sniffer, but has many powerful high- > level analysis features; for instance it can reconstruct a complete > http dialog and present it in an easy to read form. I think it's much > more powerful than using proxies. I found it quite easy to set up and > use. As a bonus, since it can also sniff UDP, it serendipitously > revealed some weirdness in my windows network. > > Joe > __________________________________________________________________ Your favorite stores, helpful shopping tools and great gift ideas. Experience the convenience of buying online with Shop@Netscape! http://shopnow.netscape.com/ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/ ------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored by: ThinkGeek at http://www.ThinkGeek.com/ _______________________________________________ Tapestry-developer mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tapestry-developer
