tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890958153006612459.post2611329798761154551..comments2024-03-23T03:23:58.477-07:00Comments on TESTHEAD: Sikuli: Some First ImpressionsMichael Larsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16180074963526979074noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890958153006612459.post-82252572537297142452013-01-09T10:51:40.085-08:002013-01-09T10:51:40.085-08:00Michael, thanks the the stumble, the information, ...Michael, thanks the the stumble, the information, and the shameless plug :). autloma sounds interesting, I'll definitely take a look.Michael Larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16180074963526979074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890958153006612459.post-83038774034168794642013-01-09T09:00:33.816-08:002013-01-09T09:00:33.816-08:00***shameless advertising start***
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I stumbled ...***shameless advertising start***<br />Hi,<br /><br />I stumbled over your blog because I saw and really liked the video of your presentation about ATDD, GUI Automation and Exploratory Testing at CAST 2012. I think you were spot on with everything you said.<br /><br />Sikuli, while useful as a fallback, has several drawbacks:<br /> * it's difficult to cater for slightly different images, eg different themes on different versions of Windows<br /> * images are more cumbersome to work with than plain text, for instance when it comes to search/replace or version control<br /> * it's not really possible to extract data using images, eg reading the value of a text field.<br /><br />I'm working on a GUI automation tool called Automa. It lets you work with images like Sikuli but advocates the use of its plain text commands. For instance:<br /> start("notepad")<br /> click("File", "Save")<br /> write("test.txt", into="File name")<br /><br />One of the cool things is that it doesn't require reference to application internal ids like "name1234" or XPaths. This in turn makes it possible to write test/automation scripts before the implementation, in the true spirit of ATDD. Our homepage is http://www.getautoma.com. Maybe you'll like it!<br />***shameless advertising end***Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com