... We deal with a couple of tools for this permutation explosion problem: Testswarm is good for testing JavaScript in multiple browsers. Another tool is...
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thebouncyjoe
Jan 24, 2012 8:43 pm
... There is also Selenium Grid that google uses for multi browser testing: http://selenium-grid.seleniumhq.org/...
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Marc Chapman
c_sempronius...
Jan 24, 2012 8:49 pm
I rigged up a "poor man's" selenium grid once using paramaterized tests to tell which device to run. All of the tests would run in a parallel manner, and it...
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Jim Holmes
jimholmesoh
Jan 24, 2012 8:49 pm
Hassan, I've had to do lots of cross-browser testing in the past simply to validate functionality worked properly in all browsers. (They don't always work the...
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Éric Mignot
mignot_eric
Jan 24, 2012 8:52 pm
Hi, Next time I'm in your case, I will give a try to jsTestDriver: http://code.google.com/p/js-test-driver/ Eric...
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Gerard Meszaros
gmkayaker
Jan 25, 2012 1:51 pm
It sounds like all the responses were about tools to automate the tests. But if I understood you correctly, you want to run the test manually in one browser ...
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Ward Cunningham
ward@...
Jan 25, 2012 2:46 pm
Gerard -- Thanks for catching this distinction. Hassan -- Thanks for bringing the idea to our attention. Lately I've been spending a lot of time exploring...
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Ward Cunningham
ward@...
Jan 25, 2012 2:56 pm
I see my disambiguated link to Wikipedia did not survive Yahoo Groups. Try this google link to pictures instead: ...
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Reuven Yagel
robi.yagel
Jan 25, 2012 3:06 pm
I think this ms tools is also relevant http://www.microsoft.com/expression/products/SuperPreview_Overview.aspx ... I think this ms tools is also relevant...
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Gerard Meszaros
gmkayaker
Jan 25, 2012 3:40 pm
Yes, that's a great metaphor for what I was imagining. Too bad the name is currently synonymous with "lie detector". ;-) ... -- Gerard Meszaros Lean/Agile...
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George Dinwiddie
gdinwiddie
Jan 25, 2012 4:16 pm
Gerard, Hassan, ... Personally, I wouldn't want to have to watch the tests run and hope I noticed differences between multiple screens as they flashed past. I ...
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Ward Cunningham
ward@...
Jan 25, 2012 5:02 pm
I agree. I wrote user documentation from just the screenshots collected by Swim. But Swim's killer feature was being able to drop into a scenario at any point...
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Gerard Meszaros
gmkayaker
Jan 25, 2012 5:53 pm
Indeed, George, having automated comparison would be ideal. If it is available now, show us the tools! But even just having automated parallel execution would...
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George Dinwiddie
gdinwiddie
Jan 25, 2012 7:02 pm
Gerard, ... A simple XOR of the images would give a visual indication of where the images were changing. It would have artifacts from irrelevant differences,...
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Llewellyn Falco
isidore_us
Jan 26, 2012 4:07 am
So you can do this sort of thing with the open source verification tool approval tests ( www.approvaltests.com ). There is a namer factor that allows you to...
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David Vydra
dvydra3
Jan 26, 2012 6:16 am
I just heard about http://mogotest.com David On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 9:53 AM, Gerard Meszaros ... -- http://www.testdriven.com http://twitter.com/vydra...
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Matt Wynne
mattwynneatf...
Jan 26, 2012 8:38 am
... There is a bit of tooling around, but I think this is still pretty unchartered territory. Here are some relevant links: ...
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erik petersen
wvole
Jan 26, 2012 10:46 pm
HP have a new piece of software Sprinter that does this in what they call mirroring, duplicating actions on other machine configs and browsers as you drive it...
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Jim Holmes
jimholmesoh
Feb 15, 2012 7:19 pm
What's the proper etiquette / process for adding new tools to the spreadsheet on Google Docs?...
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Gerard Meszaros
gmkayaker
Feb 16, 2012 2:40 am
Anyone can add a tool to the spreadsheet (and anyone could delete it if they felt it was inappropriate.) Because this spreadsheet is for tools used in ATDD...
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qsgteam
Feb 16, 2012 2:26 pm
Hi Hassan, Sauce Labs provides a platform for multi-browser execution on different browsers or different versions of the same browser. Please see...
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Bret Pettichord
bpettichord
Mar 7, 2012 2:53 pm
The Watir Conference and Test Automation Bazaar will be held March 23-24 (Fri-Sat) in Austin, Texas. This will be a lot of things. * A meetup for most of the...
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Ward Cunningham
ward@...
Mar 14, 2012 12:40 am
Friends -- How would you test a complex dataset? The data is organized into three separate excel workbooks, one of which does lots of detailed computation with...
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Llewellyn Falco
isidore_us
Mar 14, 2012 3:18 am
So there are a couple of things that are important in tests. For legacy ( and that is what I would call this) change awareness is important. I would suggest, a...
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Brian Repko
brianrepko
Mar 14, 2012 1:04 pm
Ward, I love throwing out a challenge to the community - bigger brains and all - I'm hoping to learn from this. Here is my take. ... I'm not clear on the scope...
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erik petersen
wvole
Mar 15, 2012 1:04 am
Ward, Spreadsheets are one of the most common source of errors so this is an unenviable task. Here are some clarifying questions I'd use to move towards a test...
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shane_hayes@...
shane_hayes...
Mar 15, 2012 1:46 am
Hi Ward. You might look at ROO/ Cucumber. I used it to test pulling in a spreadsheet to load a corporate dashboard. It looked like you could reach inside it to...
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Matt Wynne
mattwynneatf...
Mar 15, 2012 9:55 am
Hi Ward, My first question is, why do you want to write the tests? When you say this... ... ... it sounds as though you want the tests to pin down existing...
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Ward Cunningham
ward@...
Mar 15, 2012 8:58 pm
Friends -- Thank you for your suggestions. I've condensed them into this suggestion: 1. Write a program that compares the old and new workbooks 2. Classify...
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Dave Liebreich
liebreich
Mar 15, 2012 10:05 pm
Hi Ward, For changes to the scoring mechanism, it might be worthwhile to create test material data to more easily demonstrate intentional or unintentional...
