Productivity: Testing

Rich user experiences with HTML5 applications can cause some difficulties for teams trying to get solid user interface (UI) testing around their apps. Interacting with video or audio elements is often troublesome, and the manipulations of a web page’s document object model (DOM) on the fly via asynchronous alterations causes automation frameworks (and automaters!) endless grief in the attempt to get subtle timing issues stabilized.

My advice: DO NOT EVER rely on execution delays, manual pauses, or Thread.Sleep() to handle your tests’ timing issues. Ever. Period. Instead, figure out exactly what condition you need to move forward with your test, then create an explicit wait for that condition. This is a rock-solid pattern that works in nearly every situation. Here’s a practical example for you using Telerik’s neat demo of our RadComboBox.

Automated testing for dynamic web applications and AJAX-enabled sites made easy – take a look at the Test Studio platform and see how easy it is to use and integrate with RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX or any other web components.

The new JustDecompile makes it easier than ever to find and load plugins.

Developers working on functional testing don’t have to be focused solely on coding tasks. They should also able to work with any of the tasks around creating, editing, and maintaining automated UI testing. Test Studio’s plugin gives developers (and coding testers!) the ability to work seamlessly with functional tests directly within Visual Studio. Working inside Visual Studio leaves team members with complete access to the critical features that make Test Studio Standalone so useful: Recorder: Record and update tests. Use the DOM explorer to craft custom find logic to ensure your tests make the best use of locators specific to your ...