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/

  Biography

  I’m an open source JavaScript developer living in Oakland, CA. I work for Couch.io doing development in and around CouchDB. All my code is on GitHub http://github.com/mikeal

  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