Open Source Bridge

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Description

h2[=approaches]. Web Testing Approaches

Separating Concerns, Isolating Components
Unittesting vs Functional Testing
Full Monty (blurring the lines between unittesting and funcitonal testing)

h2[=toolsAndTech]. Tools and Technologies

Browserless tools (HTTP tools, Browser simulation, DOMless JavaScript Interpreters)
Browser tools (Watir, Selenium, Windmill)

h2[=writingTest]. Writing Windmill Tests

Starting Windmill
The Windmill IDE
Using the recorder
Adding actions and assertions
Using the Inspector
Serializing your test (Python vs JavaScript Tests)

h2[=debuggingTests]. Debugging Windmill Tests

Running tests
Debugging Failed Actions
Firebug and Firebug Lite
Using the Lookup object

h2[=runningTests]. Running Tests Continuously

Command Line Features
Hudson Plugin
Getting Windmill running in hosted environments like EC2

h2[=extra]. And now for something completely different

Dynamic testing (Windmill’s eval APIs)
Testing Firefox Extensions (MozMill)

Tags

testing, web, python, javascript

Speaker

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  Mikeal Rogers

  Mozilla
  • Website: http://www.mikealrogers.com/
  • Twitter: mikeal

  Biography

  Mikeal can talk all day in the third person. Mikeal is an open source developer, currently working at couch.io doing development in and around CouchDB. All his code is up on GitHub http://github.com/mikeal .

  Mikeal likes long walks on the beach and fancy cocktails from the 1930s, also food.

  Sessions

  • * Web Testing with Windmill
    • Title: Web Testing with Windmill
    • Track: Cooking
    • Room: Marquam
    • Time: 5:00 – 5:45pm
    • Excerpt:

      This talk will discuss different web testing strategies, tools, and getting you up and writing windmill tests.

    • Speakers: Mikeal Rogers