Re: [oscg-general] Question about web application testing

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From Vamsi Krishna Korasiga Dec 25, 2010 12:36 AM

When I was researching on similar issue, came across Selenium-RC which can
be used on almost all the  browsers.


Regards,
Vamsi Krishna Koraisga

On Fri, Dec 24, 2010 at 6:51 PM, Lussier, Denis <denisl@openscg.com> wrote:

> Has anyone tried it??  How does it work??
>
> On 12/23/10, Usman Saleem <usman@usmans.info> wrote:
> > This looks promising since it supports both IE and firefox.
> > http://watin.sourceforge.net/
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > --Uzi
> >
> > On Fri, Dec 24, 2010 at 4:46 AM, Lussier, Denis <denisl@openscg.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> In my experience, the imcompatibilties are often simple little things
> >> like missing tags inside of an html table.  Some browsers guess right,
> >> some of the time, at what the html author meant.
> >>
> >> In summary, I don't know which tool to use...  But I have the same
> >> question.  :-)
> >>
> >>
> >> On 12/23/10, Paul Keogan <pkeogan@backofficethinking.com> wrote:
> >> > We work closely with CiviCRM and it's core development team.  CiviCRM
> is
> >> the
> >> > leading open source CRM for non-profits.  The core team uses
> >> > http://seleniumhq.org/  for testing the their releases.  Since
> selenium
> >> only
> >> > tests in firefox and most end-users don't use firefox, we are
> constantly
> >> > finding minor issues in other browsers (mostly IE 7,8).  Do you know
> of
> >> > a
> >> > better web application testing tool that tests in multiple browsers?
> (at
> >> > least Firefox, IE, Chrome, Safari)
> >> >
> >> > Thanks
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Paul Keogan
> >> > Principal, BackOffice Thinking
> >> > pkeogan@backofficethinking.com
> >> > We Transform Organizations <http://www.backofficethinking.com>
> >> > o: 610 350 0595
> >> > c: 610 389 2816
> >> > skype:  pkeogan
> >> > <http://www.linkedin.com/in/paulkeogan>
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > --
> > Usman Saleem - usman@usmans.info
> > http://usmans.info
> >
>
>
When I was researching on similar issue, came across Selenium-RC which can be used on almost all the  browsers.<br><br><br>Regards,<br>Vamsi Krishna Koraisga<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Dec 24, 2010 at 6:51 PM, Lussier, Denis <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:denisl@openscg.com">denisl@openscg.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">Has anyone tried it??  How does it work??<br>
<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
On 12/23/10, Usman Saleem &lt;<a href="mailto:usman@usmans.info">usman@usmans.info</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt; This looks promising since it supports both IE and firefox.<br>
&gt; <a href="http://watin.sourceforge.net/" target="_blank">http://watin.sourceforge.net/</a><br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Regards<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; --Uzi<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; On Fri, Dec 24, 2010 at 4:46 AM, Lussier, Denis &lt;<a href="mailto:denisl@openscg.com">denisl@openscg.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; In my experience, the imcompatibilties are often simple little things<br>
&gt;&gt; like missing tags inside of an html table.  Some browsers guess right,<br>
&gt;&gt; some of the time, at what the html author meant.<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; In summary, I don&#39;t know which tool to use...  But I have the same<br>
&gt;&gt; question.  :-)<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; On 12/23/10, Paul Keogan &lt;<a href="mailto:pkeogan@backofficethinking.com">pkeogan@backofficethinking.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt; We work closely with CiviCRM and it&#39;s core development team.  CiviCRM is<br>
&gt;&gt; the<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt; leading open source CRM for non-profits.  The core team uses<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt; <a href="http://seleniumhq.org/" target="_blank">http://seleniumhq.org/</a>  for testing the their releases.  Since selenium<br>
&gt;&gt; only<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt; tests in firefox and most end-users don&#39;t use firefox, we are constantly<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt; finding minor issues in other browsers (mostly IE 7,8).  Do you know of<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt; a<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt; better web application testing tool that tests in multiple browsers? (at<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt; least Firefox, IE, Chrome, Safari)<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt; Thanks<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt; --<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt; Paul Keogan<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt; Principal, BackOffice Thinking<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt; <a href="mailto:pkeogan@backofficethinking.com">pkeogan@backofficethinking.com</a><br>
&gt;&gt; &gt; We Transform Organizations &lt;<a href="http://www.backofficethinking.com" target="_blank">http://www.backofficethinking.com</a>&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt; o: 610 350 0595<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt; c: 610 389 2816<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt; skype:  pkeogan<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt; &lt;<a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/paulkeogan" target="_blank">http://www.linkedin.com/in/paulkeogan</a>&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; --<br>
&gt; Usman Saleem - <a href="mailto:usman@usmans.info">usman@usmans.info</a><br>
&gt; <a href="http://usmans.info" target="_blank">http://usmans.info</a><br>
&gt;<br>
<br>
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