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Improved Syntax Highlighting for the Script-based Object Map
Read moreIntroduction With the release of the Script-based Object Map, we also added some syntax highlighting options to the Squish IDE. As references to the Script-based Object Map will make up a big part of your test scripts, it’s important to be able to see at first glance which scripted...
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Monitoring long-running tests by intermediary logging of results
Read moreMotivation The set of tests being run on an application tends to grow as more features are added, or more bugs are fixed. This comes at the cost of execution times: for example, a test suite that took 30 min could now take 2 hours. Since normal logging info/test results...
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Convert Text-Based Object Maps to Script-Based Object Maps
Read moreWith Squish 6.4 we introduced script-based object maps, which provide a more powerful way to manage object names. Script-based object maps will enable you to use native script language concepts to organize the object map, to reduce redundancy and to help with dynamic object lookup. In this article I...
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BDD Test Cases in Squish: Clean Up After Your Scenarios!
Read moreSquish allows creating functional tests for user interfaces in a behaviour-driven (BDD) style, enabling the tester to concentrate on what the user does (“enter user name, confirm login dialog”) instead of how it is done (“enter this, click there”). Leveraging the scripting languages supported, a very elegant scheme for…
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Difference between “Object not found” and “Object not ready” errors
Read moreObject synchronization functions such as waitForObject or waitForObjectItem may return various error messages. Fully understanding these messages is important to debug a test script. Squish recognizes GUI objects by a subset of their properties and values. In the example below, we would like to click on an object of...
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Squish & Python
Read moreSquish is shipped with different scripting languages allowing to start recording or writing tests cases in any of them without lengthily setup. The list is: Ruby, JavaScript, Perl, Tcl and the one of interest in this article Python. The intent of this article is to provide information that might...
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Using the Remote System API to start an AUT on Windows
Read moreThe Remote System API can be used to start applications on a remote system. As you can see in the picture below the Remote System API is centered around the Squishserver. This makes it possible to interact with the filesystem and to start processes on the system the Squishserver...
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Synchronized batch execution of Squish
Read moreSquish test execution involves multiple processes which may even run on different machines. Ensuring that all parts are up and running before actual test execution can be challenging sometimes. The following shows a little trick how automated setups can wait for a local or remote squishserver to become available...
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Overview of the new file comparison functions in Squish 6.3
Read moreWith Squish 6.3 we added two new file comparison functions. The objective is to make it easier to verify not just the application state but also the output an application might generate. Squish now offers a general comparison function test.compareTextFiles. This function can be used to compare any type...
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Accessing a SQL database from your JavaScript Test
Read moreA common task in GUI tests is to automate entering some data into forms. To properly test and verify such scenarios, it is often necessary to interact with the database backend from the test. As an example, let’s take the evaluation form on our website and assume we’d like...
