Comments on: Test dirving user interface development http://www.totalworldannihilation.org/blog/2008/06/27/test-dirving-user-interface-development/ All about software development Thu, 25 Nov 2010 01:57:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: leftieFriele http://www.totalworldannihilation.org/blog/2008/06/27/test-dirving-user-interface-development/comment-page-1/#comment-233 leftieFriele Sun, 29 Jun 2008 09:09:13 +0000 http://www.totalworldannihilation.org/blog/?p=59#comment-233 By being intrusive I mean that tools like Quick Test Pro are just not easy to use and they are an intrusion into the work flow of a developer. In order to use Quick Test Pro you need to acquire a new set of skills, whereas in tools like Selenium you can utilize your existing knowledge to write your tests. In addition tools like QTP are not very portable and you can not just install it on any PC. It might be that calling tools like this intrusive is not correct, but I could not find a better word for it. But my point is that QTP intrudes on the natural developer work flow with it's way of writing tests and different requirements for running. Maybe what I should call QTP is just a big bad tool :) By being intrusive I mean that tools like Quick Test Pro are just not easy to use and they are an intrusion into the work flow of a developer.
In order to use Quick Test Pro you need to acquire a new set of skills, whereas in tools like Selenium you can utilize your existing knowledge to write your tests.
In addition tools like QTP are not very portable and you can not just install it on any PC.

It might be that calling tools like this intrusive is not correct, but I could not find a better word for it. But my point is that QTP intrudes on the natural developer work flow with it’s way of writing tests and different requirements for running. Maybe what I should call QTP is just a big bad tool :)

]]> By: Al Sargent http://www.totalworldannihilation.org/blog/2008/06/27/test-dirving-user-interface-development/comment-page-1/#comment-231 Al Sargent Sun, 29 Jun 2008 01:46:57 +0000 http://www.totalworldannihilation.org/blog/?p=59#comment-231 Could you please elaborate on what you mean by "intrusive"? I'm curious for a couple of reasons: first, you mention it twice in your post, so it's an important point that I don't want to miss. Second, QuickTest Pro seems (to me anyways) to be less intrusive than Selenium in that it drives a browser via an external interface, whereas Selenium is a Firefox add-on, essentially embedded within the browser. I'm not trying to defend QuickTest Pro here -- just want to understand the "intrusiveness" problem. Thanks. Could you please elaborate on what you mean by “intrusive”?

I’m curious for a couple of reasons: first, you mention it twice in your post, so it’s an important point that I don’t want to miss. Second, QuickTest Pro seems (to me anyways) to be less intrusive than Selenium in that it drives a browser via an external interface, whereas Selenium is a Firefox add-on, essentially embedded within the browser.

I’m not trying to defend QuickTest Pro here — just want to understand the “intrusiveness” problem.

Thanks.

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