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| Scripting of applications (on multiple platforms?) by Fullofkittens 07/03/2008, 7:32pm PDT | ||||
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| Okay, at my current job I am getting into automated software testing, using Quicktest Professional. My org basically asked me which automated testing tool to buy, and I told them QTP, and now they've got me training people how to use it and shit like that. I like the tool - everyone else at my org complains nonstop about it but I really enjoy working with it.
BUT: now there seems to be an opportunity for me to change organizations. This is good, because as we all know I hate my job, and the new org is a lot more interesting than a boring old insurance company. The bad thing about it is that part of what is attractive about me as a candidate is that I have ideas about automated testing... but this new organization doesn't have money lying around for stuff like $10,000 automated testing tools. I would like to start bringing automated testing to my new job(?) and I think they would be receptive to the idea if I had a plan for a way to do it affordably. So here's the question: which tree should I be barking up for automated testing? Keep in mind that I am as technically literate as the music major you have all come to know and love. I can do basic scripting shit but I am no programmer. There's off-the-shelf tools that I could use but, having used one, they really seem like a fancy housing for scripts that you end up writing in an existing language anyway. In my travels, I have encountered suggestions for Perl, Python, and Ruby (as scripting languages) - I liked the look of Python up until I found out that it got its name from MONTY Python >:(. There's also off-the-shelf stuff like Wintask (as well as more expensive stuff) but they all seem to be platform-dependent and the company I'm interviewing with is very excited about Mac compatibility being their next big feature. Eggplant is the one exception I've seen but the only good reviews of it I saw were written by its developers. So, if you had to start scripting applications for Windows and Mac, what would you use? And could I learn it? If you were ME, what would you learn? |
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Scripting of applications (on multiple platforms?) by 07/03/2008, 7:32pm PDT  Re: Scripting of applications (on multiple platforms?) by 07/03/2008, 10:08pm PDT PYTHON! by 07/03/2008, 10:54pm PDT This is the major downside to python :( NT by 07/04/2008, 10:42pm PDT AutoHotKey $0 by 07/03/2008, 11:28pm PDT and I just read the other replies by 07/03/2008, 11:44pm PDT Perl has grown long in the tooth and Perl 6 is going to be more complicated than by 07/04/2008, 12:46am PDT All true and wouldn't fault anyone for choosing Ruby but by 07/04/2008, 2:23am PDT Shaking hands, doffing hat, etc. by 07/04/2008, 4:03am PDT While you guys agree to disagree... by 07/04/2008, 9:12pm PDT Use all three together NT by 07/04/2008, 9:32pm PDT I'm too stupid for that. NT by 07/04/2008, 9:39pm PDT Tying it all together by 07/04/2008, 11:05pm PDT Test AutoHotKey message... by 07/05/2008, 3:51pm PDT (source) by 07/05/2008, 4:02pm PDT Well done Clint! NT by 07/05/2008, 4:20pm PDT A new forum spammer is born. >:( NT by 07/05/2008, 7:42pm PDT Did I mention that my new job is spamming messageboards? by 07/05/2008, 9:40pm PDT Source by 07/05/2008, 10:14pm PDT Re: (source) by 07/06/2008, 2:13am PDT Re: (source) by 07/06/2008, 9:48am PDT fixed quote tags by 07/06/2008, 9:50am PDT Incidentally, I got this job and am quitting my current job tomorrow. by 07/13/2008, 11:18am PDT So you're just changing jobs. NT by 07/13/2008, 1:54pm PDT Yes, I'm one of the employed Caltrops posters. NT by 07/13/2008, 3:03pm PDT I also am. ^_^ NT by 07/13/2008, 3:19pm PDT |
