UI Testing

Roadmap

1) Standardize a low-level UI Testing API.

Similar to how the CommonJS Testing API is intended to be a standard low-level testing API that people can build high-level testing solutions on top of.

e.g. click(x,y) tap(x,y)

2) Create wrappers to map existing UI Testing solutions to the new standard.

e.g. doh.robot, Selenium, Windmill, Syn.js

3) Collaborate with platform vendors to get them to implement the low-level API natively.

e.g. RIM, HP/Palm, Android, iOS, Fake.app, Selenium

4) Collaborate on an emulation UI Test Runner.

Might be more likely than getting native UI Testing support on mobile devices themselves.

5) Collaborate on a higher-level UI Testing solution that uses the low-level API.

e.g. click(myButton) twoFingerSwipe(myWidget)

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Proposals

Coming soon...

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Inspiration

Current UI Testing Solutions

Tool	URL	About	OS/Browser Support	Mobile/Embedded Support	Core Technology	Test Language
Dojo Toolkit's doh.robot	http://www.dojotoolkit.org/reference-guide/util/dohrobot.html	Java Applet that takes control of keyboard and mouse. dojo.robot and dijit.robot add helpers for DOM positioning and scrolling, etc…	Anywhere Java Applets work. XP, Win7, Mac, Linux, IE, Safari, Firefox, etc…	None yet?	Java Applet	JS
Selenium	url	about	os/browser support	mobile/embedded support	core technology	test language
Syn.js	url	about	os/browser support	mobile/embedded support	core technology	test language
Windmill	url	about	os/browser support	mobile/embedded support	core technology	test language
splinter	http://github.com/cobrateam/splinter	about	os/browser support	mobile/embedded support	core technology	test language
webrat	url	about	os/browser support	mobile/embedded support	core technology	Ruby
capybara	url	about	os/browser support	mobile/embedded support	core technology	test language
tool	url	about	os/browser support	mobile/embedded support	core technology	test language