Latest updates from robotium

Since my last robotium blog posts, robotium was improved in several areas. Since version 4.0 robotium supports webviews and with version 4.2 robotium provide a full support for hybrid apps. You can use methods like: typeTextInWebElement(By by, String text) waitForWebElement(By by) clickOnWebElement(WebElement webElement) clearTextInWebElement(By by) getWebElement(By by, int index) … Also a great improvement is … Read more

Central place for test tools

Last week the company imbus ag launched a community portal for collecting and reviewing software test tools for different areas. The platform is named Testtool Review and everybody can contribute to this project. Currently there are tool categories for Code- and Coverage Analysis Continuous Integration Defect- and Changemanagement Load-/ Performance Test Test Automation Testmanagement Testspecification/ Generators … Read more

Software Test User Group Event in July

Some weeks ago I founded the Software Test User Group Rhein Main. Today is the time to announce the first meetup. We will meet in the office of AOE GmbH in Wiesbaden on 18. July 2013. Address: Borsigstr. 3 65205 Wiesbaden Start: 7pm End: ~10pm If you need more information, see the official XING event. … Read more

[News] Founded the Software Test User Group Rhein Main

Last week I founded the “Software Test User Group Rhein Main – STUGRM” for all people who are interested in the topic of software testing, quality assurance or software development in general. My goal is, to meet and to exchange about testing topics on a regular basis in the region of Frankfurt, Wiesbaden, Mainz or … Read more

Appium on Sauce – A new tool for testing your iOS apps in the cloud

Two days ago Sauce Labs introduced a new tool for iOS test automation: Appium on Sauce. Appium on Sauce is able to automate hybrid or native iOS apps. The new tool based on the open source tool Appium written in Node.js. Currently the tool support iOS devices only but Android support is on its way. … Read more