It’s like 10000 knives when all you need is a Spoon

Isn’t ironic that there are so many Android test automation tools and it took me half a year to stumble up on Spoon?
Spoon is an Android test automation tool that is able to run your written java tests on several devices at the same time WITHOUT rooting the device.
Spoon is developed by the company Square, the company already open sourced some really nice tools (see the Open Source Space).

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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