While some in the test community talk about record/playback technology as dead-end test automation approach, a new generation of open source record/playback test tools that every tester should consider is now available. Tools like Sahi and TestMaker Object Designer were built for AJAX environments and support thousands of web objects and the asynchronous nature of AJAX. Frank Cohen shows you how to install and use these free tools in your environment and record test scripts of a complicated AJAX application in IE, Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Opera. Learn how to data-enable applications without coding, use branching and looping commands, construct advanced element target locators without using XPath, and package tests as reusable test objects to share with other testers.

1. New Generation Record/Playback
Tools for AJAX Testing
Frank Cohen, +01 (408) 871-0122, fcohen@pushtotest.com
September 13, 2011

2. Open Source Test Automation
The Death of Capture/Playback
‣ “It's no secret that usingleads to failure,” as the sole
automation technology
capture / playback
Edward Kit at PSQT Conference, 2002
‣ http://tinyurl.com/43dvq84
‣ And that was before...
WebKit
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3. Open Source Test Automation
Open Source Testing (OST)
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4. Open Source Test Automation
Why An OST Alternative?
‣ HP QuickTest Professional does a great job for testing a small part of
the Internet
‣ Functional Testing (Smoke, Regression, Integration)
‣ Windows using ActiveX
‣ Flash, Flex
‣ MS Internet Explorer
‣ Web 2.0 with Coding Effort
‣ Best Money Can Buy
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5. Open Source Test Automation
OST For Everywhere Else
‣ Open Source Testing Tools
‣ TestMaker Object Designer
‣ Selenium
‣ Sahi
‣ Unit Tests (Java, Ruby, Python, PHP)
‣ Record in WebKit based browsers (Chrome, Safari, Opera),
IE, Firefox
‣ Agile Testing, Agile Performance Testing and Production Monitoring
‣ Rich Internet Applications (RIA,) Mobile, Pads
‣ OST For Everyone (Developers, Testers, Business Managers)
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6. Open Source Test Automation
OST Architecture
Application Under Test PTTMonitor
Web, RIA, BPM, SOA CPU, Net, Memory
Functional
Test Injector Test Authoring
Test
Bundles ScriptRunners Data Production Libraries SoapUI (Pro)
MySQL, HtmlUnit Sahi, Selenium, SoapUI, Java csv files, rdbms queries Sahi (Pro)
JUnit Class Framework
Load Test Eclipse Java IDE
Fitness
Test Operation Console Languages: Java, Python
Wiki Collaboration
Production Designer Grid and Cloud Repository Results Analysis
Record/Playback Test Deployment MySQL RDBMS Business Intelligence Tool
Monitor
Continuous Test
Repository Bug Tracker Monitoring
Integration Management
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7. Open Source Test Automation
Browser Compatibility Tests
Application Under Test
TestNode
Selenium RC SeleniumHtmlUnit
Selenese Test
TestMaker Console
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8. Open Source Test Automation
ScriptRunners
ScriptRunner Type Name (langtype)
Designer Script IE, Htmlunit designerscript
Selenium HtmlUnit Browser selenium
Selenium RC IE, Firefox, Chrome seleniumrc
Sahi IE, HtmlUnit sahi
HTTP Archive Page Optimization HAR
Selenium RC IE, Firefox, Chrome seleniumrc
SoapUI SOAP and REST soapui
TestGen4Web Web 1.0 Tests testgen4web
Mozmill Mozilla XUL Tests mozmill
Unit Tests jUnit TestCase Java, Jython, JRuby,
PHP, Perl, Groovy
DotNet .NET Tests dotnet
Visual Basic VB tests vb
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Command Line Desktop and utils commandline

9. Open Source Test Automation
Your cloud or mine? Or both!
Application or Service
HTTP REST AMF AJAX
TestNode TestNode TestNode TestNode
test test test test
PTTMonitor PTTMonitor PTTMonitor PTTMonitor
SOAP SOAP SOAP SOAP
Test RunTime
TestMaker Console
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10. Open Source Test Automation
Lots of Possibilities TestMaker
Test Sent
Seattle, Datacenter
TestNode Generating Load
Dallas, Texas
Datacenter
You’re Such A Geek!
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11. Open Source Test Automation
Let’s Talk About...
‣ How To Record/Playback Rich Internet Applications
‣ Repurposing Test Objects To Be Functional Tests, Load and
Performance Tests, and Production Monitors
‣ Adding Verification Steps to Tests
‣ Data Enabling Tests
‣ Object Repository for Sharing Test Objects
‣ Operating Selenium, Sahi, and soapUI tests in Grid and Cloud
Environments
‣ Running Root Cause Analysis Reports
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12. Open Source Test Automation
What’s Missing in OST
‣ Desktop Record/Playback
‣ QTP VB Script Conversion (see PushToTest Global Services)
‣ Keyword/Expert Mode (see Designer’s Export menu)
‣ HP Quality Center (QC) Integration (Requires TestMaker Enterprise)
‣ Object Repository (OST depends on svn, CI)
‣ Time-based Recording
‣ HP Mercury Reporting Is Better, OST Catching Up Fast
‣ HP Mercury Add-ons
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13. Open Source Test Automation
Where To Go From Here
‣ Download And Learn TestMaker Object Designer
‣ http://www.pushtotest.com
‣ Watch A Screencast and Tutorial
‣ http://www.pushtotest.com/screencastcentral
‣ Tell Your Followers
‣ http://twitter.com/fcohen
‣ Attend An Open Source Test Workshop
‣ http://workshop.pushtotest.com
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