The document is a presentation about WebTest, an open source tool for automated functional web testing. It discusses how WebTest works, how to extend its capabilities using Groovy, common myths about automated web testing, and the tool's future integration with WebDriver. The presentation aims to demonstrate how WebTest can be used to efficiently test web applications.

7. demo (on a strange site)

9. A software engineering activity

13. demo WebTestRecorder

15. demo data driven

17. Extending WebTest

19. Building blocks WebTest Groovy Apache ANT Apache POI ... HtmlUnit Jakarta commons-httpclient NekoHTML Mozilla Rhino ...

22. Hack the web connection

25. Myths & Best Practices

26. “ UI tests are brittle by nature”

28. wrong! “ UI tests are brittle by nature”

29. “ Tests ensure that the application works”

30. demo http://new.jugcologne.org

31. wrong! => tests allow to find errors, that's all “ Tests ensure that the application works”

32. “ UI tests must run in the browser to act like real users”

33. wrong! => a test pilot is not a standard pilot “ UI tests must run in the browser to act like real users”

34. “ UI tests are slow”

36. demo wt.parallel.nbWorkers

37. wrong! “ UI tests are slow”

38. WebTest & AJAX

42. Testing Facility example: mashup unavailability other.server.com www.myserver.com ?

43. Testing Facility example: mashup unavailability

44. WebTest's future(s)

46. Integration with WebDriver N o w WebTest HtmlUnit HtmlUnit WebDriver Firefox IE ... C o m i n g WebTest

47. demo wt.withFirefox=1

48. demo WebTest Sampler

49. Conclusion