Re: API for automated GUI testing

FROM : Annard Brouwer
DATE : Sun Jun 18 20:18:18 2006

Hello Rob,

One product that is quite useful (albeit a bit pricey) in this regard 
is Eggplant. It uses VNC and a scripting language where you compare 
snapshots of parts of your GUI to determine if the app has the 
correct behaviour. The advantage is that it is architecture 
independent and can also be used for web applications.
The guys are very helpful and responsive and I had a good experience 
with them.

Annard

On 18 Jun 2006, at 19:11, Rob Nikander wrote:
> I want to write an automated testing framework that works at the 
> user-interface level -- point, click, type, etc.  So I'm looking 
> for an API that allows me to control and record the GUI events, 
> even if they are going to other applications, and to get screen 
> pixel data.  Can anyone point me in the right direction?
>