Re: What are the chances that webtest will be updated to use htmlunit 2.14 ?

Parkin Roman wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Webtest uses htmlunit 2.10.
> What are the chances that webtest will be updated to use htmlunit 2.14
> or we should migrate to other tools for automated testing of web applications?

I am only just seeing this discussion now, but we use Webtest heavily for all 
sorts of integration testing. We even have our own patches for some issues, 
but were never able to contribute them, as that would have required some 
polishing by someone more familiar with the code tree.

Depending on your needs it may be possible to migrate to Selenium, but in our 
case this is not an option. We do not want to test browsers, we want to test 
web applications. And I don't think Selenium is an option for continuous 
delivery scenarios.

So for us there is, after all those years, still no better tool than Canoo 
Webtest out there. The closest would be FitNesse, which obviously has zero 
support for the web, but at least a decent engine and reports for automated 
testing.

Our Webtests run about 45 minutes every night and include scenarios for 
untestable legacy systems that don't even have a web interface, but are only 
accessible via an arcane proprietary protocol. Yes, this means you have to 
write your own technical connectors, but the main point is you are getting 
the engine, the framework and the reports for free. So for us Canoo Webtest 
is a general purpose integration test tool - like FitNesse, but with better 
long-term maintainability of the tests.

I would not be surprised if in the current wake of continuous delivery 
thinking that Canoo Webtest will be rediscovered.

Ulrich