Scripted GUI Testing with Ruby--New from Pragmatic Bookshelf

Scripted GUI Testing with Ruby--New from Pragmatic Bookshelf
How to Test User Interfaces Reliably and Repeatedly

Raleigh, NC-If you need to automatically test a user interface, this book
is for you. Whether it's Windows, a Java platform (including Mac, Linux,
and others) or a web application, you'll see how to test it reliably and
repeatably.

Many automated test frameworks promise the world and deliver nothing but
headaches. Fortunately, you've got a secret weapon: Ruby. Ruby lets you
build up a solution to fit your problem, rather than forcing your problem
to fit into someone else's idea of testing.

Scripted GUI Testing with Ruby (Pragmatic Bookshelf, $34.95) is for people
who want to get their hands dirty on examples from the real world-and who
know that testing can be a joy when the tools don't get in the way. It
starts with the mechanics of simulating button pushes and keystrokes, and
builds up to writing clear code, organizing tests, and beyond.

This book is a practical, quick-moving tutorial based on real life, and
real-world GUI applications.

Author Ian Dees says, "This is the book I wish I had four years ago.
That's when I faced the equally unpleasant tasks of fixing old, broken GUI
tests and coaxing a rickety third-party toolkit into running new tests. I
started looking for a how-to guide on GUI testing to help me down this
road. Unfortunately, there were none. Plenty of people had written
beautifully about testing in general but not about user interfaces
specifically. What few GUI books did exist were long, dry, restricted to
technologies I couldn't use, or built on test frameworks that looked like
someone's homework assignment."

Ian addressed that need by writing a very pragmatic book. Right out of the
gate you'll start working with code to drive a desktop GUI. You'll
discover the kinds of gotchas and edge cases that don't exist in simple,
toy programs. As you add more tests, you'll learn how to organize your
test code and write lucid examples. The result is a series of "smoke
tests" your team will run on Continuous Integration servers.

Next, you'll explore a variety of different testing tips and tricks.
You'll employ a series of increasingly random and punishing test monkeys
to try to crash programs. Table-driven techniques will show you how to
check dozens of different input combinations. See how to use longer
acceptance tests (in the form of stories) to represent the way a typical
customer would use your program.

If you're a coder who tests, or a tester who codes, this book is for you.

For a review copy or more information please email pragprogpr@oreilly.com.
Please include your delivery address and contact information.

Ian Dees was first bitten by the programming bug in 1986 on a Timex
Sinclair 1000, and has been having a blast in his software apprenticeship
ever since. He has debugged assembler with an oscilloscope, written web
applications nestled comfortably in high-level frameworks, and seen
everything in between. He currently hacks C++ application code, automates
laboratory hardware, and yes, writes user interface test scripts for a
test equipment manufacturer near Portland, Oregon.

Additional Resources
For more information about the book, including code, errata, discussions,
chapter excerpts, a full table of contents, and more, see:
http://www.pragprog.com/titles/idgtr/scripted-gui-testing....

Scripted GUI Testing with Ruby
Publisher: Pragmatic Bookshelf
Ian Dees
ISBN: 9781934356180, 192 pages, $34.95 USD, £21.99 GBP
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