GUI Test Drivers

Kind of Tool

Automated GUI client testing tools

Organization

Hewlett-Packard Company
http://www.mercury.com/us/products/quality-center/functional-testing/

Software Description

Packages both Mercury WinRunner and Mercury QuickTest Professional (QTP) for functional test, graphical user interface (GUI) test, and regression test automation.

Entry updated August 16, 2007.
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GUI record/replay/scripting language for X applications

Organization

CenterLine Development Systems, Inc.
http://www.centerline.com

Software Description

QC/Replay offers "widget-based" testing of GUI based applications. Testers can record sessions and play them back on a variety of platforms. "Widget-based" rather than bitmap based verification makes test scripts robust: they are unaffected by changes in window size, position, window manager, screen size and color, as well as changes in the application during normal development. QC/Replay uses Tcl for scripting, and supports portable testing across platforms.

Platforms

SunOS, Solaris (SPARC and x86), HP-UX, SVR4, UnixWare, Digital UNIX (formerly OSF/1) and AIX.

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X user emulator for testing, demonstration, and performance.

Organization

Absol-Puter
http://www.absol.com/

Software Description

Xrc is a record and playback user emulator used for a variety of testing and demonstration purposes. Xrc runs on any X workstation with the XTrap or Record extensions to achieve true event-driven synchronization (perfect for measuring interactive response time performance). We sell complete source code for ultimate extensibility, and our users don't pay for or get a lot of marketting hype. Xrc has been around for about as long as XTrap, 5 years. We also sell technical consulting services to solve problems with a customized user emulation solution.

Platforms

DECstation (ULTRIX, OSF/1) and other DEC platforms. Source code available for any X workstation platform. Sun Sparc and Linux binary versions also available.

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Automated Software Test Tool

Organization

TestQuest, Inc.
http://www.testquest.com/

Software Description

TestQuest provides non-intrusive test automation tools and services for information appliances, general computing, handheld devices and industrial control. Our products, services and expertise enable you to easily automate the testing of your complex products resulting in decreased test cycle time and increased product quality and customer satisfaction.

Platforms

The software under test may be executing under any operating system. The TestQuest Pro runs on MS Windows 2000.

Entry updated September 20, 2000.
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Test Capture/Playback Tool

Organization

Software Research, Inc.
http://www.soft.com/TestWorks/

Software Description

CAPBAK is a test capture/playback system which works as a stand-alone product or as part of the fully integrated TestWorks/Regression multi-platform suite of testing tools. CAPBAK captures all user activities during the testing process using three modes: TrueTime, Character Recognition, and Object Oriented modes. Keystrokes, mouse movements, captured bitmap images, widget/object activity and extracted ASCII characters are captured into a test script. The captured images and characters provide baselines of expected application behavior against which future tests runs are compared. CAPBAK's automatic output synchronization capabilities ensures reliable playback, allowing tests to be run unsupervised as often as required.

Platforms

SPARC SunOS 4.1.3; SPARC Solaris 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.5.1, 2.6; x86 Solaris 2.4, 2.5; RS-6000/AIX 3.2.5, 4.1.2, 4.2; HP-9000/7xx HP-UX 9.05, 10.10; HP-9000/8xx HP-UX 9.04, 10.01, 10.10; x86 SCO/ODT 2.0, 5.0(3.0); SGI Irix 5.3, 6.2; DEC-Alpha OSF1 3.2, 4.0; NCR 3000; SCO/UnixWare 2.1.1; DOS; MS-indows 95/98/NT/2000

Entry updated October 23, 2003.
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Vermont HighTest Plus

Kind of Tool

GUI Testing Tool

Organization

Vermont Creative Software
http://www.vtsoft.com/

Software Description

Vermont HighTest Plus is designed to test Windows, Web applications and websites through its capture/replay engine. Designed to be easy to use, its powerful scripting language allows even novice users to create sophisticated tests within minutes of installation. Tests can be edited, combined into suites with the integrated suite manager and exported for storing in your version control system. Screenshots can be masked to remove unwanted portions from the comparisons. Testing web applications is as simple as testing a Windows application with its integration into Internet Explorer.

Platforms

Windows 95 - XP

Entry updated April 4, 2006.
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Automated test tool for Windows client/server applications

Organization

IBM Rational Software
http://www.rational.com/

Software Description

Rational TeamTest is a complete set of functional testing tools, delivering seamlessly integrated functional testing of enterprise-level client/server applications. Built on a scalable, integrated server-based test repository, Rational TeamTest combines leading-edge testing power and comprehensive management tools to set the standard for automated testing of client/server applications.

Platforms

Microsoft Windows Millenium; NT 4.0 SP 5 or 6a; Windows 2000, Windows 98 second edition; or Windows 95 SR2

Entry updated March 15, 2001.
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Kind of Tool

Add-on package for Rational Visual Test (freeware)

Organization

Automation Junkies
http://www.automationjunkies.com/tools/vt.shtml

Software Description

The product is an add-on to Rational Visual Test 4.0. It was originally written by STLabs but has been discontinued. Now distributed as a free download (but not supported) by Tom Arnold.

The idea of the product is made up of four parts:

1. It supplies the user with common routines that must always be created when starting a new project with Visual Test. Basically, it's 10,000 lines of code the user doesn't have to write but would have had to otherwise.
2. It supplies the user with a common approach to creating their test cases. All too often people are given Visual Test and told to "automate the testing of the product." Keeping things flexible to make future changes and enhancements easier is difficult to do your first couple of times automating a product. This guides the user to help keep things flexible for future needs by allowing them to incorporate a "framework."
3. A full and heavily commented suite of tests is included. Basically, it's a "real world" test suite that they can tear apart and learn from when creating their own automated tests when using Microsoft Test.
4. A stand-alone utility for not only capturing X-Y coordinates when dealing with "fake" or virtual Windows controls, but to also keep it on an independent system so that moving from one resolution to another will keep coordinate changes to a bare minimum.

The product comes with the source code for most of the routines.

Platforms

Windows

Entry updated November 17, 2002.
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Kind of Tool

GUI Test Drivers and Capture/Replay Tools

Organization

IBM Rational Software
http://www.rational.com/

Software Description

Rational Visual Test is an automated testing tool that makes it easier and cost-effective for organizations to deploy mission-critical applications for the Microsoft Windows 95 and Windows NT operating systems and for the Web. Rational Visual Test helps developers rapidly create tests for applications of virtually any size and created with any development tool. Visual Test is integrated with Microsoft Developer Studio, a desktop development environment, and has extensive integration with Microsoft Visual C++.

Platforms

Microsoft Windows 3.1x, Windows for Workgroups 3.11, Windows 95 and Windows NT

Entry updated July 20, 1998.
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QARun^TM

Kind of Tool

GUI capture, script development test automation tool

Organization

Compuware Corporation
http://www.compuware.com/qacenter

Software Description

QARun^TM is an enterprise-wide test script development and execution tool that is part of Compuware's QACenter^TM family of application testing products. QARun's automated capabilities improve the productivity of testers, enabling them to efficiently create test scripts, verify tests, and analyze test results. Using QARun, tests can be easily maintained for repeat use.

With Compuware's QACenter, software testers and application developers can now ensure application quality with the first enterprise-wide testing solution that includes client/server automated testing tools, mainframe testing tools, test process management tools and testing services. QACenter consists of client/server automated testing tools as well as Compuware's market-leading mainframe testing products, QAHiperstation^TM, for VTAM applications, and QAPlayback^TM, for CICS-based applications.

Platforms

All Windows and character based platforms

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Automated testing tool for VisualAge for Smalltalk and Cincom's VisualWorks

Organization

SilverMark, Inc.
http://www.silvermark.com/

Software Description

Test Mentor is a premier automated testing framework for Smalltalk. It seamlessly integrates UI record/playback with domain object testing for deep regression testing of your applications. Test Mentor automatically gathers execution and method coverage metrics, and provides analysis tools so you can rapidly measure the health of your project.

Platforms

All platforms supported by VisualAge for Smalltalk and Cincom's VisualWorks

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Automated Regression and Functional Testing Tool for Web Applications(Record/Playback).

Organization

Empirix
http://www.empirix.com/

Software Description

e-Tester, a component of the e-Test Suite, is the state-of-the-art for functional testing of web applications that use HTML, Java or Active-X technologies and is the easiest of all record/playback tools. It features our powerful and intutive Visual Scripts used for building test scripts, a built in Site Spider to quickly map your Web Application, Data Banks allow quick, efficient creation of data-driven automated tests. Visit our website today for a fully functional free trial at http://www.empirix.com

Platforms

Windows NT, 95 and 98

Entry updated August 22, 2000.
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Functional Testing and Implementation Tool

Organization

IBM Rational Software
http://www.rational.com/

Software Description

SQA TeamTest ERP Extension provides automated validation (functional testing) of SAP R/3 implementations. It is packaged as an SQA Robot extension, so you get the advanatages of SQA Robot's object-level recording, which provides robust test scripts, even when the SAP application changes as a result of configuration changes.

Platforms

Microsoft Windows NT 3.51, Windows NT 4.0, or Windows 95, and SAP R/3

Entry added July 20, 1998.
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Functional Testing and Implementation Tool

Organization

IBM Rational Software
http://www.rational.com/products/testfoundation/

Software Description

SQA TestFoundation for PeopleSoft is the first Automated Application Quality (AAQ) solution for PeopleSoft. AAQ products help ensure success in PeopleSoft implementations through predefined methodologies, steps and automatic processes. With SQA TestFoundation for PeopleSoft you can ensure your implementation is successful and save money in the process.

SQA TestFoundation for PeopleSoft contains industry-proven methods for successful implementations, comprehensive requirements lists and their related validation steps, and the leading software solution for automated validation from Rational. Rational is the pioneer in automated testing of PeopleSoft applications and sets the standard for PeopleTools testing, with the industry's first and only object-level integration with PeopleTools.

Platforms

Microsoft Windows NT 3.51, Windows NT 4.0, or Windows 95, and PeopleTools 6 or greater

Entry added July 20, 1998.
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Kind of Tool

24x7 Post Deployment Monitoring of Web Applications

Organization

Empirix
http://www.empirix.com/

Software Description

e-Monitor, a component of the e-Test Suite, provides continuous, comprehensive testing for Web applications after deployment. e-Monitor acts like a quality assurance engineer, testing and reporting failures in real time. Re-using Visual Scripts created with e-Tester, the test authoring tool, e-Monitor schedules comprehensive regression testing around the clock. On detecting a problem, e-Monitor provides a wide variety of corrective actions as well as extensive notification options to alert systems managers to the problem and its nature. Visit our website today for a fully functional free trial at www.empirix.com

Platforms

Windows NT, 95 and 98

Entry updated August 22, 2000.
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Library of predifined test cases for automated GUI testing

Organization

imbus AG
http://www.imbus.de/

Software Description

The imbus Test Case Library is a powerful and easy to use add-on for Mercury Interactive´s WinRunner. It extends WinRunner´s functionality and provides solutions for frequent test programming problems. The library functions help you to improve, simplify and speed up your test implementation process. They were developed by experienced imbus engineers and have been proven in numerous GUI testing projects.

Platforms

Runs with Mercury Interactive WinRunner (4.04 or higher) on Windows NT/WIN 95 systems.

Entry added October 19, 1998.
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Test-enabled web browser

Organization

Software Research, Inc.
http://www.e-valid.com/

Software Description

eValid's Test Enabled Web Browser (TM) is a test engine that provides you with browser based 100% client side quality checking, dynamic testing, content validation, page performance tuning, and webserver loading and capacity analysis. This new cutting-edge technology is 100% client side based and is completely object oriented. eValid offers a unified approach to WebSite testing that is unique in its simplicity, power, efficiency, effectiveness, and superior ease of use. By focusing entirely on the users' view of WebSite quality. eValid results are accurate, complete, repeatable, and highly effective -- all as experienced by your users. The eValid test engine is available in server product configurations.

• Mapping: eValid Site Analysis and spidering Mode will systematically examine a WebSite or sub-WebSite for critical quality factors such as slow downloading pages, unavailable links, too-long pages.
• Functional & Regression Testing: eValid test scripts can exercise the key parts of your site, confirm links, check content, and simulate users' activities. Make sure your customers get the right message!
• Validation: eValid can confirm selected content, validate document properties, images and applets. Have confidence that you are delivering correct information! Test Suite management as well.
• Loading: eValid load testing scenarios can simulate 100's or 1000's of users. Can your WebSite handle the traffic when a serious crunch comes?
• Tuning: eValid timing capabilities let you identify slow-loading pages so you can "tune-up" your site for optimum performance. Keep customers from clicking away! Transaction monitoring as well.

One integrated product, superbly easy to use, fast to get results. And, priced to respect your budget!

Platforms

Windows Server 2003, Windows NT/2000/XP

Entry updated October 23, 2003.
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Kind of Tool

Automated functional and regression testing

Organization

Borland Software Corporation
http://www.segue.com/

Entry added December 19, 2000.
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A comprehensive development and testing tool designed specially for dynamic Web site developers and testers.

Organization

ParaSoft Corporation
http://www.parasoft.com/

Entry added April 4, 2001.
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Automated GUI Client Testing Tool (freeware)

Organization

Smith House
http://www.wildopensource.com/activities/larry-projects/android.php

Software Description

Android is an open-source GUI testing tool that can observe and record your interactions with a graphical user interface, creating a script that can repeat the session to any desired level of accuracy. The user can specify test points where the designated window is to be checked to see if it differs from the "canonical" test run originally recorded, signalling a test failure if this is the case. It can also be used to write GUI automation scripts.

Platforms

Record mode requires Expect. Playback or scripting will work on any Posix-compliant system with a working port of Tcl/Tk.

Entry updated May 24, 2001.
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Business-user-oriented automated testing system

Organization

Worksoft
http://www.worksoft.com/

Software Description

Certify provides enterprise-level test automation. It allows tests to span applications, platforms and test tools while shielding users from the complexities of script languages. Certify detects application changes and automatically maps them to affected tests, simplifying maintenance and protecting the investment in the test repository.

Platforms

Windows 98, NT, 2000. May require third party test tool for client/server applications.

Entry updated February 7, 2001
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Automated GUI client testing tool

Organization

Tevron, LLC
http://www.tevron.com/

Software Description

CitraTest is the only client side Automated Testing Solution for all Citrix hosted applications.

This tool is ideal for latency, functional, and regression testing.

Platforms

Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows 98, Windows 95, Windows ME

Entry added on August 9, 2001.
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3rd Generation Test Automation Solution

Organization

SDT (Software Development Technologies)
http://www.sdtcorp.com/

Software Description

Unified TestPro is a proven 3rd generation test automation solution, which uses a roles-based software test automation approach to Design, Build and Run automated test cases. Using Key Words UTP creates cost-effective and maintainable test suites allowing more automated testing with fewer technical resources. SDTs extensive customer base has successfully employed this solution for use in many technological areas - Legacy Client/Server, E-commerce, Embedded, APIs, Telecom, Java, Web, etc.

Platforms

Windows Platforms, Unix Platforms, Embedded Systems and Telecom.

Entry updated March 15, 2002.
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Automated GUI Recording and Replay Testing

Organization

Vista Software, Inc.
http://www.vista-software.com/

Software Description

Tasker is a GUI keyboard and mouse recorder with a clean and simple interface that was inspired by the VCR: buttons for Record, Stop, and Play. It is easy to get started with Tasker since it is not necessary to learn the scripting language. Once you record your actions for testing, you can play them back at the speed you desire and loop as many times as you like. There are many advanced features as well, such as dynamic auto-typing for unique data entry, loop interruption, playback logging, and the ability to compile native .EXE programs. Any actions that you record can be saved as an editable text file (.TXT), and there is a small scripting language available as well. These features allow you to have complete control over the playback actions.

Platforms

Windows 95/98/ME/NT 4.0/2000/XP

Entry updated April 9, 2002.
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Java library allowing to create automated tests for Java GUI (freeware)

Organization

SUN Microsystems
http://jemmy.netbeans.org/

Software Description

Jemmy is a JavaTM library that is used to create automated tests for Java GUI applications. It contains methods to reproduce all user actions which can performed on swing and AWT components (i.e. button pushing, text typing, tree node expanding, ...). JemmyTest is a program written in Java which uses the Jemmy API to test applications.

Platforms

Any platform supported by Java.

Entry updated April 17, 2002.
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Unit testing and continuous integration environment

Organization

Validio Ukraine
http://x-unity.miik.com.ua/

Software Description

X-Unity is a unit testing environment designed for Microsoft .NET framework. Its primary purpose is to automate and facilitate day-by-day unit testing activities, making them a natural part of your development process. The creation of X-Unity was inspired by ideas of Extreme Programming and Refactoring, and its code was written from scratch with heavy usage of these techniques.

Platforms

Microsoft .NET

Entry updated September 4, 2002.
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MITS.GUI (Multiple Interface Testing Suite)

Kind of Tool

Performs Scriptless GUI Testing and significantly increases regression testing speed.

Organization

OMSPHERE
http://www.omsphere.com/

Software Description

MITS.GUI is a radically different type of test automation tool. It has an intelligent state machine engine that makes real-time decisions for navigating through the GUI portion of an application. It can test thousands of test scenarios without any scripts. It does not use them, does not generate them, and does not require you to maintain them. It allows you to create completely new test scenarios without ever having performed that test before.all without changing the tool, the testware architecture (object names, screen names, etc), or the logic associated with the engine. Testers simply enter test data into a spreadsheet which is used to populate the objects that appear for the particular test scenario defined.

Platforms

PC/Win95/98/NT / PC/Win 2000

Entry updated December 4, 2002.
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Abbot

Kind of Tool

Java GUI test framework (freeware)

Organization

Timothy Wall
http://abbot.sourceforge.net/

Software Description

The Abbot framework is a Java library that provides methods to reproduce user actions and examine the state of GUI components. Improving upon the very rudimentary functions provided by the java.awt.Robot class (A Better 'Bot). The framework may be invoked directly from Java code or accessed without programming through the use of scripts. It is suitable for use both by developers for unit tests and QA for functional testing.

Distributed under the GNU LGPL.

Platforms

Platforms supported by Java.

Entry updated May 28, 2003.
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AutoIt

Kind of Tool

Windows automation language (freeware)

Organization

HiddenSoft
http://www.hiddensoft.com/AutoIt/

Software Description

AutoIt is a simple tool that can simulate key presses, mouse movements and window commands (maximize, minimize, wait for, etc.) in order to automate any windows based task (or even windowed DOS tasks).

There is also an ActiveX control version of AutoIt called AutoItX. This is a stand alone control that can be used to great effect under other scripting languages such as WSH/VBScript.

A pure DLL version of AutoIt called AutoItDLL is also available for adding AutoIt functionality to your own programs and scripts. It includes full function documentation.

Platforms

Windows

Entry updated May 28, 2003.
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Tester

Kind of Tool

User interface testing tool (freeware)

Organization

MSDN Magazine
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/02/03/Bugslayer/

Software Description

A complete user interface testing tool that will help you automate everything from thick client apps to Web front ends running in Microsoft® Internet Explorer to Windows® Forms-based Microsoft .NET applications.

Platforms

Windows

Entry updated May 28, 2003.
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EMOS Framework

Kind of Tool

Functional testing based on GUI-modeling (freeware)

Organization

EMOS Computer Consulting GmbH
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EMOS_framework/

Software Description

EMOS Framework is an advanced technique for development of automated regression tests with WinRunner. Through its holistic approach EMOS Framework is suitable for rapid creation of new WinRunner projects. Through its open API and 100% TSL implementation it is well suited for integration into existing WinRunner projects, too.

Platforms

Windows

Entry updated May 28, 2003.
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Jacareto

Kind of Tool

Capture & replay framework for Java applications and applets (freeware)

Organization

Ludwigsburg University of Education
http://www.ph-ludwigsburg.de/mathematik/personal/spannagel/jacareto/

Software Description

Jacareto is a capture & replay framework for Java applications and applets. It allows you to easily create your own capture & replay tools. Jacareto is very flexible; you can write your own capture modules, replay modules, classes which handle special components, editors, record types, record elements and tests. You can also group record elements together to build high-level structures (qualitative analysis). By extracting data sets from records, quantitative analyses can be performed.

Platforms

Platforms supported by Java

Entry updated May 29, 2003.
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jfcUnit

Kind of Tool

JUnit extension for Java Swing applications (freeware)

Organization

jfcUnit project
http://jfcunit.sourceforge.net/

Software Description

jfcUnit enables developers to write test cases for Java Swing based applications. It provides support for:

1. Obtaining handles on Windows/Dialogs opened by the Java code.
2. Locating components within a component hierarchy that occur within the containers found above.
3. Raising events on the found components, e.g. clicking a button, typing text in a TextComponent.
4. Handling testing of components in a thread safe manner.

Distributed under the GNU LGPL.

Platforms

Platforms supported by Java Swing

Entry updated May 29, 2003.
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Marathon

Kind of Tool

GUI test tool for Java Swing interfaces (freeware)

Organization

ThoughtWorks, Inc.
http://marathonman.sourceforge.net/

Software Description

Marathon is a gui-test tool that allows you to play and record scripts against a java swing ui. It's written in java, and uses python as its scripting language - the emphasis being on an extremely simple, readable syntax that customers/testers/analysts feel comfortable with. It is full fledged python, so it is also extremely powerful and customizable for developer-types.

Platforms

Platforms supported by Java.

Entry updated May 29, 2003.
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Phantom

Kind of Tool

Windows GUI automation scripting language (freeware)

Organization

Phantom Automated Solutions
http://www.phantomtest.com/

Software Description

The Phantom scripting language is a powerful Windows automation language that allows you to take control of windows and perform functions automatically. Simulate any combination of key strokes and mouse clicks, as well as many built in functions for edits, buttons, menus, lists, and more!

Platforms

Windows

Entry updated May 29, 2003.
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Pounder

Kind of Tool

Utility for automating Java GUI tests (freeware)

Organization

Matthew Pekar
http://pounder.sourceforge.net/

Software Description

Pounder is a utility for automating Java GUI tests. It allows developers to dynamically load GUI's, record scripts, and then use those scripts in a test harness. Requires Java 1.4. It is licensed under the GNU Library General Public License.

Pounder differentiates itself from other utilities by allowing you to examine the results of a test run in source, while maintaining a separate GUI script that can be re-recorded if necessary. Browse the Howto and Internals pages for more details on what features are available, and how Pounder works.

Platforms

Platforms supported by Java.

Entry updated May 29, 2003.
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Ruby Win32::GuiTest

Kind of Tool

Windows GUI test library for Ruby (freeware)

Organization

MoonWolf
http://raa.ruby-lang.org/list.rhtml?name=win32-guitest

Software Description

A work-in-progress port of Perl's Win32::GuiTest module.

Platforms

Windows

Entry updated May 29, 2003.
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SAFS (Software Automation Framework Support)

Kind of Tool

Provides for the implementation of compatible keyword-driven test automation frameworks (freeware)

Organization

SAS Institute
http://safsdev.sourceforge.net/

Software Description

Software Automation Framework Support provides for the implementation of compatible keyword-driven test automation frameworks. Initially, but not exclusively, for Rational Robot and Mercury Interactive WinRunner.

Long time followers of this framework will recognize we are in the process of renaming this endeavor. Where previously we called the testing framework a "data driven" engine (DDE), we are going to start referencing this as a "keyword driven" engine or "keyword driven" framework. Our engine functionality more accurately matches the industry accepted understanding of a "keyword driven" testing framework--a test framework driven by user-friendly keywords, commands, or instructions.

Distributed under the GNU GPL.

Platforms

Windows

Entry updated May 29, 2003.
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TRecorder

Kind of Tool

Record and play back tool for mouse and keyboard events (freeware)

Organization

Cyamon Software
http://www.cyamon.com/recorder.html

Software Description

TRecorder is a class that allows to record and play back mouse and keyboard events. TRecorder is a freeware and you can use it freely in your own application, at your own risks however!

Platforms

Not documented

Entry updated May 29, 2003.
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Perl Win32::GUITest

Kind of Tool

Automated GUI client testing tool (freeware)

Organization

Ernesto Guisado
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/perlguitest/join

Software Description

GUI testing using Perl.

Platforms

Win32

Entry updated April 9, 2003.
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Perl X11::GUITest

Kind of Tool

Automated GUI client testing tool (freeware) (freeware)

Organization

Dennis K. Paulsen
http://sourceforge.net/projects/x11guitest

Software Description

X11::GUITest is a Perl package intended to facilitate the testing of GUI applications by means of user emulation. It can be used to test and interact with GUI applications; which have been built in some fashion (GTK+, Qt, Motif, etc.) upon the X library.

Platforms

Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris

Entry updated November 13, 2003.
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Eggplant for Mac OS X

Kind of Tool

Automate functional testing

Organization

Redstone Software, Inc.
http://www.redstonesoftware.com/

Software Description

Eggplant is a test automation tool for Mac OS X, which allows automation of almost any manual test. Eggplant tests the end user experience, much as a manual tester would. The interactive scripting development capability allows even an unsophisticated user to start using Eggplant within hours. Eggplant’s capabilities are also powerful enough to support the most complex environments and experienced users. Eggplant’s strengths are its ease of use and learning, its versatility, and its cost-effectiveness.

Eggplant runs on a Mac OS X system but can test any system- under-test attached via standard TCP/IP (local or remote). This allows Eggplant to test not only Mac OS X or Mac OS 9 systems, but also Windows, Unix, Linux, and other environments.

Platforms

Runs on Mac OS X, tests any platform

Entry updated September 30, 2002.
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AutoPilot

Kind of Tool

automated GUI testing

Organization

BSSE System and Software Enginering
http://www.bsse.biz/

Software Description

AutoPilot is a tool for automated GUI testing by scripts.

• C/C++ like script interpreter compilable, strong typing
• script wizard
• automated script generation from spreadsheets, event tracking, autocode generator
• event and action tracing
• remote script execution / networking capabilities
• verification capabilities
• string and file handling, environment variables
• time-tagged and event-triggered script execution, synchronisation of scripts by (named) semaphores
• test coverage, tracking and analysis
• on-line training facility
• image processing
• random data generation (context-driven)

Platforms

Mac OS 9, Mac OS X.1, Mac OS X.2 (Q4/2002)
MS-Windows Q1/2003

Entry updated October 2, 2002.
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TestGUI

Kind of Tool

Automated testing of GUI applications for IBM, Microsoft & Oracle platforms

Organization

Original Software
http://www.origsoft.com/

Software Description

TestGUI offers unrivalled GUI test automation for the IBM iSeries (AS/400), SQL Server, MS Access and Oracle platforms.

• Detailed testing of all Windows applications
• Intelligent interrogation of individual screen elements
• Complete understanding of Jwalk™, Cool:Plex, Delphi and Visual Lansa, Visual Basic and C++ object classes
• Also supports Microsoft.Net and VideoSoft Flexgrid controls
• Fast-start function & regression testing
• Full verification of underlying batch & interactive processes for the AS/400
• Dramatic increase in applications quality and performance

Platforms

AS/400, SQL Server, Oracle, MS Access

Entry updated March 6, 2003.
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AutomX

Kind of Tool

Software test automation ActiveX for Delphi 5/6/7

Organization

Vantage View Software
http://www.vantageviewsoftware.com/

Software Description

AutomX(TM), at its core, is an Active X control designed for the development of automated software testing. It can be embedded within a Delphi(TM) 5, 6 or 7 application of the user's design and run on the Windows(R) 95/98/ME/NT4/2000/XP platforms. Presently, it is mostly designed for US Windows(R) environments. The types of instructions within AutomX(TM)are typical of the needs of automated software test developers, with the added benefit of having the Borland(R) development environment available. AutomX(TM) includes more than instructions. It has network distributed testing capability, on line help and two tools for helping the design of test cases.

• Over 150 instructions for automated software test development are included in the following categories: Files, Directories, Drives, Network, Logging, INI files, Registry, Environment, System attributes, Interactivity, Keystrokes, Mouse actions, Windows, Screens, Clipboard, Bitmaps, Edit boxes, Combo boxes, List boxes, Check boxes, Radio buttons, Up down controls, and Tab controls.
• Distributed testing over a TCP/IP based LAN is easily accomplished.
• There are two tools for working with screen images and windows.
• Logging is in Text or Rich Text Format.
• There are over 150 code examples in the Help file.

Platforms

Windows 95/98/ME/NT4SP3/2000/XP

Entry updated November 8, 2002.
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qftestJUI

Kind of Tool

Test automation for Java User Interfaces

Organization

Quality First Software GmbH
http://www.qfs.de/

Software Description

qftestJUI is a tool for the creation, execution and management of automated tests for Java/Swing applications with a graphical user interface (GUI).

Platforms

Windows and all major Unix systems with JDKs from Sun, IBM and Blackdown from 1.1 through 1.4.

Entry updated November 25, 2002.
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Eventcorder suite

Kind of Tool

Sophisticated Windows events recorder/player (freeware)

Organization

CM Software
http://www.volny.cz/eventcorder/eventcorder.htm

Software Description

Eventcorder records and plays back Windows events. Events can be edited and optimized. It uses "Clickviews" - playback can continue safely even when the driven application changed GUI. It will find the right place to click at. The Clickviews can be cloned and clipped to make the search process even more robust. User-defined screenshots can be made during playback - feature that can be used for testing of other application. Command line options are supported so that it can be called from *.bat file or from another application easily.

E-Scripter is a scripting tool that makes use of Windows Visual Basic Script. The VBScript functions are extended of functions for playing recorded events (PlayEvents(), PlayString(), PlayText(), etc).

E-Robot is a simple tool for automation of Eventcorder for the users without programming knowledge. The scripts are composed through GUI so that there is no need to learn any syntax rules.

Platforms

Any Windows

Entry updated December 2, 2002.
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KD Executor

Kind of Tool

Automatic testing and demonstration tool for Qt applications

Organization

Klarälvdalens Datakonsult AB
http://www.klaralvdalens-datakonsult.se/?page=products&sub=kdexecutor

Software Description

KD Executor is a test program that are tailored for Qt programs. It knows the internals of Qt, and can therefore record more stable scripts compared to general capture/replay tools. Thus a script will continue to work after you have changed the layout a bit, after you have changed the text on a label, and even after you have changed the font size of the application.

Still KD Executor is as simple to use as any capture/replay tool, simply start KD Executor with any Qt program, and a dialog will appear offering you to configure recording and playback features, next for recording simply move your mouse and type on your keyboard to record a script.

Scripts recorded with KD Executor on one of the supported platforms still works when played back on any of the other supported platforms.

Platforms

Windows, Unix (including Linux), Mac OS X

Entry updated October 27, 2003.
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TestAgent

Kind of Tool

TestAgent is an innovative tool for web testing that seamlessly integrates User Acceptance Testing into the existing test processes and extends UAT into post production.

Organization

Strenuus
http://www.strenuus.com/

Software Description

TestAgent focuses on making User Acceptance Testing more efficient and it enables developers and QA to meet deadlines without compromising quality. Some of the key features include capturing and recording all data on the applications' pages, automatically detecting and capturing standard and custom content errors. TestAgent doesn't only report that the page failed but it also gives all the information necessary to troubleshoot the problem. Detailed reports on historical performance are available.

Platforms

Any web server platform. Clients use IE 4.0+ and Windows 95, 98,NT,2000, XP.

Entry updated February 28, 2003.
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TestBench for iSeries

Kind of Tool

Automated testing for green-screen, GUI and web appliations on the AS/400

Organization

Original Software
http://www.origsoft.com/

Software Description

Complete and integrated Database, Screen & Report test automation, designed specifically for AS/400 iSeries systems. For: green-screen, GUI & Web applications. TestBench tests not just the front-end application, but all server activity related to the application as well.

• Batch and Interactive program coverage
• Advanced test planning, test data creation and management
• Central storage of scripts and results on the server
• Checking of file updates, data areas, program parameters, job logs and data queue
• Full test results analysis and audit-ready reporting

Platforms

AS/400

Entry updated March 6, 2003.
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TestSmith

Kind of Tool

Windows/Web App GUI Test Automation Tool

Organization

Quality Forge
http://qualityforge.com/

Software Description

TestSmith is a powerful and versatile Functional/Regression Test Tool. It features an Intelligent, HTML/DOM-Aware and Object Mode Recording Engine, and a Data-Driven, Adaptable and Multi-Threaded Playback Engine. TestSmith provides a complete and stable solution for testing Web Sites, Web Applications and Desktop/Windows Applications - at very low cost.

Platforms

Windows NT/2000/XP

Entry updated May 5, 2004.
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IBM Rational Robot

Kind of Tool

Regression and functional testing tool for e-commerce, ERP, and client/server applications

Organization

IBM Rational Software
http://www.rational.com/products/robot/

Entry updated July 25, 2003.
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Kind of Tool

Functional regression testing tool (freeware)

Organization

Minq Software
http://www.minq.se/

Software Description

PureTest is primarily targeted for function testing in the earlier phases of a development project. Even though it supports testing a variety of applications, it is especially useful for debugging and snooping of web applications. PureTest includes an HTTP Recorder and Web Crawler which makes it useful for generic verification of HTTP requests and web content checking. The HTTP Recorder simplifies the process of capturing all requests that are exchanged between a browser and the web server. Then use PureTest to replay each request in order to carefully watch the HTTP data that is transferred on the wire (HTTP headers, request parameters, response headers and response content). The Web Crawler is useful to pro-actively verify the consistency of a static web structure. It reports various metrics, broken links and the structure of the crawled web.

Platforms

Windows, Linux, Solaris

Entry updated December 9, 2002.
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Q1

Kind of Tool

Automated GUI Test Script Development

Organization

Lightweight Technologies
http://www.lw-tech.com/

Software Description

Q1 is a tool for developing GUI and HTML automated tests. It was designed to provide great control while maintaining low-cost to make it affordable to small companies and individual developers. Its features are:

• Smooth learning curve: write tests in JScript and VBScript
• Reusability: reuse familiar technologies
• Test from a developer's perspective
• Control: test a wide range of applications
• Low Price

Platforms

Windows NT/2000/XP

Entry updated July 13, 2003.
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WinFeedback

Kind of Tool

WinFeedback is a Windows scripting extension for testing, monitoring and automation.

Organization

Beson Data
http://www.winfeedback.com/

Software Description

WinFeedback 4.0 is a Windows Scripting extension for testing, monitoring and automation purposes. It includes a Developer application that makes it easy to create and test new scripts. The enclosed sample scripts may be used as templates for customized solutions.

WinFeedback may be used for response timing, up-timing, automated functional testing, stress testing, health monitoring, task automation, input macros etc.

WinFeedback has an input recording and playback function for automation scripts. The recorder captures user input by keyboard and mouse and generates the corresponding script statements. The playback engine identifies the correct target object in Windows graphical interface and correlates the playback sequence with the needed processing time.

The WinFeedback engine is an ActiveX DLL that is developed in Visual Basic 6.0. WinFeedback objects are used as scripting components in VbScript. The library contains more than 100 methods and properties and its primarily object is called TScript for Testing Script.

Platforms

Windows 9X/NT/2000/XP

Entry updated December 22, 2003.
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Badboy

Kind of Tool

Capture/Replay Web Test Tool

Organization

Badboy Software
http://www.badboy.com.au/

Software Description

Badboy is a solution for web developers and testers who want a cost effective capture replay tool for their desktop. It makes capturing a test script easy and then offers sophisticated playback options to handle complex, dynamic applications. Badboy also offers its own stress testing features in addition to integration with Apache JMeter. Badboy's license allows free unrestricted use to organizations with small numbers of users and is very affordable for others.

Platforms

Windows 2000/XP

Entry updated March 30, 2004.
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TestArchitect

Kind of Tool

Keyword-driven test automation toolset

Organization

LogiGear Corporation
http://www.logigear.com/products/testarchitect/

Software Description

Keyword-driven software test automation toolset, from the original architect of the keyword framework. Includes automation for Windows, Web and character environments, and can drive your existing library of Winrunner, Silk and Robot scripts. Designed to enhance collaboration among automation engineers, testers, business analysts and managers. Supports small groups and global teams.

Platforms

Windows 98, 2000, XP and XP Pro.

Entry updated September 8, 2004.
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VistaTask Pro

Kind of Tool

Automation and GUI Test Tool

Organization

Vista Software, Inc.
http://www.vista-software.com/

Software Description

VistaTask Pro provides advanced task automation for many purposes, such as software quality assurance testing, installation tasks, or training systems. It has been carefully designed to provide total control without the need to write any code. It offers easy Windows automation, while still providing enterprise-level features such as data-driven models, Win32 API access, Checkpoints, and Image Masking. There is zero code to write in VistaTask Pro - just click to add new commands. Since no programming is required, anyone can create powerful automation tasks. Although it uses no code, VistaTask Pro still allows you to control all aspects for each action in its feature-rich interface.

Platforms

Win95, Win98, WinME, WinNT, Win 2000, WinXP

Entry updated March 4, 2005.
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Kind of Tool

Non-programmer automated testing tool

Organization

Aberro, Inc
http://aberrosoftware.com/

Software Description

AberroTest is a new approach to early integration functional software test. With absolutely no scripting or programming, powerful, cost-effective automation is possible from the very first application builds right through to product release. AberroTest extracts information from the GUI and adapts to changes automatically as it searches for defects. Both developers and non-programmers can use AberroTest to find bugs in Windows and web-browser applications.

Platforms

Windows XP

Entry updated June 4, 2007.
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Kind of Tool

Create automated GUI tests for programs written with Java and Swing without any programming.

Organization

Bredex GmbH
http://www.guidancer.com/

Software Description

GUIdancer uses a sophisticated, yet easy-to-use specification method which eliminates all programming from test creation. A variety of powerful features allow the extensive reuse of editable test elements, resulting in tests which are quick to create, highly adaptable, and which require only minimal maintenance. Flexible and stable, and all without programming.

Platforms

Platform-independent

Entry updated November 29, 2005.
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Kind of Tool

Automated Testing Framework

Organization

Odin Technology Ltd
http://www.odin.co.uk/

Software Description

Axe leads a new generation of automated software testing products. Axe provides a means to rapidly deploy automated testing systems that can be used by all levels of staff with minimal training. Testers design tests in simple Excel spreadsheets. Axe automatically generates test scripts for all leading GUI test execution tools.

Platforms

Windows and .NET

Entry updated October 14, 2005.
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Kind of Tool

vTest is an automated functional & regression testing tool for web applications

Organization

Verisium, Inc.
http://www.verisium.com/

Software Description

vTest is an automated functional and regression testing tool for web applications. It incorporates record, verify, playback and reporting capabilities. vTest does not require a programming background. For those users who wish to use scripting, it uses JavaScript as the scripting language.

Platforms

Windows 2000, XP, 2003

Entry updated July 6, 2006.
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Kind of Tool

Automated GUI/Web Testing Tool

Organization

froglogic GmbH
http://www.froglogic.com/

Software Description

Squish is the cross-platform, automated GUI and web testing tool. It supports testing applications based on the following GUI technologies:

• Trolltech Qt and Qtopia
• Web/HTML/Ajax in IE, Firefox/Mozilla, Safari and Konqueror
• Java Swing/AWT
• Java SWT/Eclipse Rich Client Platform (RCP)
• Mac OS X Carbon and Cocoa
• Tcl/Tk
• XView

Squish implements dedicated support for the mentioned toolkits and technologies and its controls to allow creating robust test scripts. From Squish's test scripts the complete API of the mentioned toolkits can be accessed.

Squish and tests created with it are completely cross-platform. This means a test can be run without modifications on all supported platforms (and browsers for web testing).

Squish offers a versatile testing framework with a choice of popular test scripting languages (Python, JavaScript, Tcl and Perl) extended by test-specific functions (synchronization APIs, data-driven testing, object recognition, etc.), open interfaces, add-ons, integrations into test management systems, an IDE that supports the creation and debugging of tests and a set of command line tools facilitating fully automated test runs.

Platforms

- Windows (NT, 2000, XP and Vista)
- Linux
- Unix (Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, IRIX, etc.)
- Mac OS X

Entry updated February 3, 2007.
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Kind of Tool

GUI web testing tool for end users (freeware)

Organization

Crimson Solutions Ltd
http://www.crimsonsolutions.co.uk/testing/testing-downloads.php

Software Description

This is a free GUI software testing tool developed in VB to allow for simple end user web testing. Essentially the user presses record and navigates their way through a scenario, telling the program to check for text/images along the way and optionally taking screenshots. At the end of the process you stop recording and save the script. You can then play back the script either interactively or in batch mode, and the program will generate log files etc

Platforms

Windows 98 and up.

Entry updated September 29, 2006.
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Kind of Tool

Automated support for functional, unit, and regression testing

Organization

AutomatedQA Corp.
http://www.automatedqa.com/products/testcomplete/

Software Description

TestComplete automates and manages functional tests, unit tests and regression tests, for applications written with VC++, VB, Delphi, C++Builder, Java or VS.NET. It also supports white-box testing, down to private properties or methods. External tests can be recorded or written in three scripting languages (VBScript, JScript, DelphiScript). Using TestComplete as an OLE server, unit-test drivers can also run it directly from application code. TestComplete automatically integrates TestComplete when it is on the machine. Entirely COM-based, TestComplete is easily extended through plug-ins using the complete IDL libraries supplied. Plug-ins currently support Win32 API calls, direct ADO access, direct BDE access, etc.

Platforms

Windows 95, 98, NT, or 2000

Entry updated June 13, 2001.
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Kind of Tool

Shareware record/replay web test tool

Organization

Jarsch Software JStudio
http://www.jstudio.de/English/LogOnENG.htm

Entry updated August 16, 2007.
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Kind of Tool

Easy to use/powerful automated GUI driver (freeware)

Organization

pywinauto
http://pywinauto.pbwiki.com/

Software Description

pywinauto is a python package that allows you to easily drive windows applications. It uses an Object Oriented style for accessing controls and actions (though automation scripts can be written in procedural style). Supports many actions for different types of controls.

Platforms

Windows 2000, XP +

Entry updated May 10, 2006.
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Kind of Tool

Cross-platform tool for automated software testing based on VNC technology (freeware)

Organization

Robert Pes
http://www.vncrobot.com/

Software Description

VNCRobot is a free cross-platform tool for automated software testing based on VNC technology which enables to program, verify and reproduce behavior of a remote computer via RFB protocol and generate a comprehensive report.

Platforms

All platforms supported by Java

Entry updated July 3, 2006.
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Kind of Tool

A no-code testing client that offers "Live Interaction" with the component or application under test.

Organization

iTKO, Inc.
http://www.itko.com/site/products/lisa/functional.jsp

Software Description

LISA Functional Testing allows QA, development and business analyst teams to fully test dynamic web sites and Rich Internet Application (RIA) browser interfaces (such as Web 2.0, AJAX, Swing, etc.), as well as directly testing the many building blocks that exist below the UI (Java, EJB, ESB, databases, more). With LISA, all of the heterogeneous components the team needs to functionally test can now be deeply exercised with one tool in a codeless manner.

Platforms

Win XP/2000/Me/Vista, Mac OSX, Unix, Linux, Solaris

Entry updated December 11, 2007.
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Kind of Tool

Functional and regression testing tool for web applications

Organization

PesterCat LLC
http://www.pestercat.com/

Software Description

PesterCat is a functional testing tool for web applications. Key features include: Recording/playback of HTTP requests, XML script format, database validations, variables and variable setters, Ant tasks automate testing.

Platforms

Windows, Linux, Mac OS X

Entry updated August 8, 2006.
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Kind of Tool

GUI automation library for C++, Python and .Net languages

Organization

Ranorex GmbH
http://www.ranorex.com/

Software Description

Ranorex is a Windows GUI test and automation Library for C++, Python and for the .Net languages. Use our software automation tool to control your Windows GUI Applications. Apply Ranorex for effective software tests to guarantee your software quality. Make small automated scripts for repeated actions. Embed our automation library in your software project to be able to run automated GUI operations. Ranorex is able to access all elements in a windows application or web page.

Platforms

Windows

Entry updated August 23, 2006.
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Kind of Tool

Automation tool designed to implement functional testing of web applications using the C# or VB.NET language

Organization

InCisif.net
http://www.incisif.net/

Software Description

InCisif.net 1.1 is an automation tool designed to implement client side functional testing of web applications under Internet Explorer 6.x, using the C# or VB.NET language.

Record the user interactions and create new test applications with the Assistant Program. Edit, execute and debug your tests implemented in a .NET Windows Applications using Visual Studio IDE.

Platforms

Windows

Entry updated September 17, 2006.
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