FlexMonkey :: Flex UI Testing Tool

In another exciting installment of Jon Rose and James Ward’s Drunk On Software, they chat with FlexMonkey project founder Stu Stern in celebration of the first production release of FlexMonkey. The  conversation may lack a bit of focus, but does have some good info if you stick with it.

FlexMonkey Resources:

• FlexMonkey Project Page
• FlexMonkey project blog
• Adobe Dev Center Article: Testing Flex applications with FlexMonkey 1.0

You can find the original post here: http://www.drunkonsoftware.com/2009/07/14/episode-14-flexmonkey/

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In Stu Stern’s recent InfoQ.com article on UI testing and FlexMonkey, he explains the code-a-little-test-a-little (CALTAL) approach to test driven development with user interface development and walks you through using FlexMonkey to support the theory.

The practice of maintaining automated unit test suites has gained widespread acceptance over the past decade to the point where most developers today either engage in some amount of test writing or at least feel bad for not doing it. This rise in automated unit testing has led to some confusion about who should be testing what. Should developers strive for 100% code coverage with their unit tests, and if so, does that mean we no longer need dedicated QA testers? Many development teams draw the line at the user interface, reasoning that since user interfaces can be exercised with little or no programming they can be tested more economically by dedicated testers, either manually or with specialized testing tools. This division of labor has led many to divide the world of testing into “unit testing” and “functional testing”, with developers providing the former and QA testers providing the latter. In this article we’ll explore how Gorilla Logic’s new, open source Flex user interface automation testing tool, FlexMonkey, can enhance the productivity of both developers and QA testers. FlexMonkey allows developers to incorporate user interface testing into unit test suites and continuous integration environments, and allows QA testers to expand those unit tests to create and maintain comprehensive quality tests.

Enjoy the full article at: http://www.infoq.com/articles/flexmonkey-ui-unit-testing

jonr FlexMonkey, Testing Theory

In his recent Adobe Developer Center article, Eric shows you how to get started using FlexMonkey as part of your development flow.  Check out the article here: Testing Flex applications with FlexMonkey 1.0

jonr FlexMonkey

Gorilla Logic Announces Release of FlexMonkey 1.0, an Open Source Tool for Testing Adobe Flex RIAs

Gorilla Logic, firm known industry-wide for providing “gorilla” consultants that deliver a 10X productivity improvement over other options, today announced the release of FlexMonkey 1.0. FlexMonkey, an open source testing tool for optimizing automated and unit testing of Adobe Flex RIAs, is another example of Gorilla Logic’s commitment to assisting clients and the market in developing the highest-quality applications possible.

”Adobe Flex is the leading standard for enterprise RIA development. When developing Flex-based mission-critical systems for our clients, we needed a production-quality testing tool that would tightly integrate with Flex Builder and FlexUnit,” said Eric Owens, FlexMonkey Product Manager. “FlexMonkey 1.0 is the answer to that need: by automating our interface testing with record/playback functionality, we provide higher quality solutions to our clients. We feel strongly that FlexMonkey should be free and open-sourced, and we’re now providing clients with FlexMonkey training as well as FlexMonkey-based testing services.”

Available since October 2008, Gorilla Logic has used FlexMonkey with a diverse set of clients in a variety of industries ranging from financial services to aerospace to media. During each project FlexMonkey has been an integral part of Gorilla Logic’s quality assurance for clients. Based on this proven value and their unique experience, Gorilla Logic is now offering FlexMonkey Training as well as Testing Services for Adobe Flex applications.

“We have been using FlexMonkey since October 2008 to test our Flex Applications interactively. We evaluated several interactive testing tools, and found FlexMonkey to be much lighter and more agile than the expensive products, even outperforming them in several areas. It is a great product, and the support from the Gorilla Logic team has been superb,” said Tracy Ellis, Manager, SAS (www.sas.com).

FlexMonkey 1.0 is an open-source solution for testing Adobe Flex RIAs and can be downloaded from flexmonkey.gorillalogic.com.  For questions regarding Adobe Flex training / mentoring, functional and load testing using FlexMonkey or other off-shore testing services provided by Gorilla Logic, please visit our website (www.gorillalogic.com) or send an email to info@gorillalogic.com.

About Gorilla Logic

Gorilla Logic is an enterprise application development services and consulting firm known industry-wide for providing “gorilla” consultants that deliver a 10X productivity improvement over other options. With industry-leading expertise in Java-related technologies and Adobe Flex RIA application development, Gorilla Logic has been engaged by Fortune 500 companies in industries ranging from financial services to entertainment to aerospace and government to work on mission critical projects. Gorilla Logic also develops tools to decrease the product development lifecycle and open sources them for the benefit of the market – FlexMonkey (flexmonkey.gorillalogic.com) and OpenGXE (www.gorillalogic.com/opengxe).

For more information about Gorilla Logic, please visit www.gorillalogic.com or email info@gorillalogic.com.

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