I’m sure pretty much nobody reads this, but oh well. I’m going to try to start posting more often to keep the world who doesn’t care updated on what I’m doing and thinking technology-wise. I want to be more intense about this, but I don’t think there’s much chance I’ll be making money on this site any time this decade. Plus, it takes so long to write a well-thought-out post that I just don’t do it. So, here goes.

Description

Apache JMeter is open source software, a 100% pure Java desktop application designed to load test functional behavior and measure performance. It was originally designed for testing Web Applications but has since expanded to other test functions.

Description

Watij (pronounced wattage) stands for Web Application Testing in Java. Watij is a pure Java API created to allow for the automation of web applications. Based on the simplicity of Watir and enhanced by the power of Java, Watij automates functional testing of web applications through a real browser. Currently Watij supports automating Internet Explorer on Windows only. Future plans are in place to support others like Mozilla.

Overview

Pros

• Automatically waits for new pages to load

Cons

• No record function to record/playback test scripts
• No support for drag/drop in websites
• IE-only

Pricing

Free! And open source!

Ease of Use

Ease of Installation

Maybe it’s just because I was using 64-bit Windows 7, but I had all kinds of problems getting Watij to start working. At first the files that were supposed to be copied by the beanshell bat file didn’t copy. Then it turned out that none of it worked in 64-bit Java, so I had to install 32-bit Java and Eclipse. Then opening the Beanshell window and entering the example script from the Watij website didn’t work.

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Okay, it’s been a busy semester, so it’s been a long time since I’ve posted anything here. I’d just like to give some updates: