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Squish Tip: Silent verifications
Read moreMotivation The verification functions provided by Squish have built-in logging that can be augmented or customized, one of this customizations allows to silence the logging of test.vp() calls. In Squish the synchronization between the test script and the application is mostly done via the use of the waitForObject() functions. This means...
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Overriding Squish functions
Read moreMotivation There may be cases where one wants to change the behavior of the functions provided by Squish. For example, even though the default timeout of waitForObject() is 20 seconds (which usually is enough for a GUI control to be “visible and enabled”), in some rare cases one may...
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What Programming Language to learn for Test Automation
Read moreMany companies are moving away from hiring pure manual testers and prefer testers with test automation skills. Learning a programming language will get you started with test automation. Not only that testers can speak the same “language” as developers, they will understand better what developers do and get a...
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Advantages of Automated GUI Testing
Read moreManual vs. Automated Testing has always been a point of debate among software professionals but what are really the benefits of Automated Software Testing you may ask. What exactly is Automated Testing? Essentially, Test Automation is using code to create a program that performs automated tests for your software....
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Squish tip of the week: Automating Multiple Applications with Multiple Squish Installations or Editions
Read moreDid you know that it is possible to use multiple Squish editions in a single test script? The following example describes the setup and workflow for such scenario utilizing Squish for Qt and Squish for Web. Install Squish for Qt. Install Squish for Web. Create a Squish for Qt...
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Squish tip of the week: How to override the location associated with test results
Read moreEver wondered how to override the location associated with test results? A function which (temporarily) enforces that test results created by Squish functions, for example test.compare, will have their report entry rewritten such that the location of the result entry is no longer the place where text.compare was called...
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Squish tip of the week: How to group test results into sections
Read moreSometimes it can be useful to group comparison results or error logs into specific sections. This simplifies the handling of the evaluation and gives an illustrated insight into the data. Squish will thereby show results nested and if wanted over several levels. If test run from command-line the log...
