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Re: test framework for javascript

From: Sailaja Rao <Sailaja.Rao_at_Sun.COM>
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 10:29:00 -0700

Oops !! meant to address this email to Lidia. Did not mean to send it to
the alias.

-Sailaja


Sailaja Rao wrote:

> are you working on web 2.0 ? how come you are looking for javascript
> automation ? anyway, I heard mercury tools (winrunner) supports
> javascript.
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> -sailaja
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> Lidia wrote:
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>> Hi
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>> I'm looking for a test framework for automating tests exercising a
>> lot of javascript.
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>> Our first choice was HtmlUnit however, since it tries to mimic a
>> browser, it does not handle some javascript properly (e.g. it has
>> problems with hidden fields). I also looked at Selenium IDE. It
>> provides a nice, quick way of recording tests and is a free
>> alternative to SilkTest. Selenium RC is supposed to work for
>> automation, however I haven't had a chance yet to check how well it
>> will work with our ant framework.
>>
>> If anyone has any comments regarding javascript testing frameworks
>> mentioned above or other, that we could use, pluses/minuses for their
>> use, etc, please let me know.
>>
>> thanks
>> lidia
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