SmartBear Software's TestComplete 9.0 arrived this week with a cross-browser testing promise that spans Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Chrome with additional HTML5 testing functionality as well. This automated testing tool with its error detection functions is suitable for testing rich Internet applications (RIAs), especially those developed rapidly in Agile development shops.
SmartBear's Sergei Sokolov argues that web testing challenges multiply with the need to frequently test combinations of different browsers, browser versions, and operating systems, particularly with Agile and continuous delivery approaches.
"With the new TestComplete release, we are delivering simplified cross-browser testing with a test object model generalizing access to pages and web objects, including HTML5 and browser-specific menus and dialogs. Whether our customers use bleeding edge HTML5, or the latest in widely adopted enterprise-grade RIA technologies such as Flex, Silverlight, or AJAX, TestComplete has them covered," said Sokolov.
TestComplete 9.0 enables users to record tests in one browser and then run them in other supported browsers. Using a built-in "Network Suite" for automating distributed testing with "TestExecute", software testers can reduce time and effort to set up and run tests targeting multiple browsers on multiple physical or virtual test machines in their test lab.
NOTE: TestExecute is a lightweight utility that allows testers to run TestComplete's automated tests and view test results on computers that do not have TestComplete installed. It can be installed on remote computers in a test lab, or on virtual machines in a virtual lab.
TestComplete 9.0 now offers "out of the box" support for web forms and multimedia applications incorporating the emerging HTML5 standard, including audio, video, and canvas elements to draw graphics on the fly. Testers can now record and/or script automated tests for HTML5 websites running on the latest versions of popular browsers.
