test automation for web-based app... please help!!

[gizmobeer]

I need some solution. I got new job and my manager give me some problem to solve. We don't have automated tests for our web app. At the begining, I think we need something like automated smoke tests. Maybe do you have some idea? We can also use outside tool or service if the price is reasonable

thx,
gizmobeer

 

[Ken g6]

OK, there are two ways of testing a web app: before it goes through a browser and after it goes through a browser. Testing before it goes through a browser just looks at the HTML sent back and forth. HP LoadRunner's Virtual User Generator, which was free on its own last I looked, can do this pretty well, and lets you configure responses to better fake a web browser. You'd have to start it manually, but it doesn't sound like you have a huge testing project.

The downside to this is you can't tell if somebody left out an end tag and messed up the entire screen. To test things like that, you need something more complicated. The gold standard is HP QuickTest Professional, but it's quite expensive. I've heard that iMacros for Firefox can do a lot, but I've never gotten very far with it.

 

[krystek102]

hi !

You can also use Opensource testing tools like, Selenium or Sahi. These tools are very well documented and many people use it with a sucsess.
There are also many services related to test automation. In my current company we are using the BlueJayLab’s test automation service. BlueJayLab offer us very good conditions of cooperation, and they have free trial, so... you can try
OR... maybe you should suggest to your manager, to organize in test department test automation training . It sometimes works... yehh but usually not

All the best

krystek102

 

[degibson]

It's great to see new people coming here for help, and new people coming here to help them. In this case, complete with links to paysites that we, a bunch of software professionals, are likely to see.

And think of the web crawlers! All those important keywords now associated with that particular set of sites, on a highly-reputable forum.

 

[gizmobeer]

Thank you for your answers guys!

I reviewed this all solutions! And finally, I think that at the begining the most interesting for me are iMacros for Firefox and Selenium IDE (seem to be the easiest to learn ) . First I will try with this second-one, because I think there is more documentation and information on the Internet regarding to this tool.
I'll get back for some time, and I will report you what I managed to do

Thanks again!
gizmobeer

 

[MrChad]

Apache JMeter is a decent free load testing tool, but the learning curve can be a bit steep.

 

[Markbnj]

It's great to see new people coming here for help, and new people coming here to help them. In this case, complete with links to paysites that we, a bunch of software professionals, are likely to see.

And think of the web crawlers! All those important keywords now associated with that particular set of sites, on a highly-reputable forum.

Heh, I thought the same, and have looked that post over two or three times today. I still have some suspicions, but it's not obviously spammy enough to warrant action. If it is a bot, then at least it's smart enough to stay on topic.

 

[Bulldog13]

Watir or Watin for .Net

 

[SearchMaster]

Thank you for your answers guys!

I reviewed this all solutions! And finally, I think that at the begining the most interesting for me are iMacros for Firefox and Selenium IDE (seem to be the easiest to learn ) . First I will try with this second-one, because I think there is more documentation and information on the Internet regarding to this tool.
I'll get back for some time, and I will report you what I managed to do

Thanks again!
gizmobeer

We use Selenium to automate ~500 functional test suites per hour. It's far from perfect but it works well enough for us.