An Open Source Tool for RIA/Ajax Testing

Building rich Internet applications (RIA) using Ajax is challenging partly because of all the variations in browser performance and functional issues. In addition, different browsers render Ajax differently depending on version and operating environment. Frank Cohen shares a free, open-source service to check Ajax application functions and create a gallery of screen shots to ensure browsers are rendering your application correctly. The unit tests run on a distributed set of test engines in a cloud of servers. Each server in the cloud operates a different browser version and operating environment combination. Frank also describes the skills and experience you need to be successful in testing Ajax applications and describes an appropriate test methodology you can employ. Frank demonstrates his approach using popular open-source testing technology, including Appcelerator TestMonkey, PushToTest TestMaker, Quartz, Selenium, and JackRabbit/ Derby.