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The comment node in QF-Test

Since QF-Test 5.0.0 a new node was added, here you will learn how to use the comment node.

28. October 2020, Yann Spöri

Image checks in a world of Font Antialiasing and ClearType

My images are identical, why do my image checks fail?

03. August 2020, Michael Höber

Addressing multiple browser windows

With multiple opened browser windows, how can I ensure that the correct is used?

09. June 2020, Plamen Vesselinov

WebSaga | Wake up!

Dependency in QF-Test for website testing

This is how it starts every night. I barely have a moment of rest until I'm clicked and checked again. But it's fun, I'm the website www.qfs.de!

Here is the second article on how we test our website. We implement dependencies.

28. May 2020, Beáta Pázmány

Analyzing ComponentNotFoundExceptions

In case QF-Test is unable to identify the corresponding component in the application a ComponentNotFoundException get's thrown. Whenever an exception occurs QF-Test (by default) logs a screenshot.

26. May 2020, Yann Spöri

WebSaga | Click click - it tickles

Now it's time! Now I can introduce myself to the world. Here I am! Can you see me? Hi! I'm the new website, www.qfs.de!

This will be a blog series on how we test our new web site.

14. May 2020, Beáta Pázmány

Fantastic Electron apps - and how to test them

A very good solution of the combination of web technology and desktop applications is Electron. Almost every user knows or uses Electron apps. Popular apps like Skype, Microsoft Visual Studio Code or Discord are built using the Electron framework.

07. May 2020, Daniel Rieth

The proof of the pudding is in the eating - Canned Procedures

Packet soup or baking mixture, cook by yourself or bake? Concerning food opinions divide. Pros and cons.
QF-Test doesn’t ship convenience food, you have to cook it yourself. But you will be given a variety of spices that will ease your life: the standard library qfs.qft. From a collection of fine salt and pepper to complex pizza spices, the genuine for every meal.

08. April 2020, Beáta Pázmány

QF-Test 5.0 and macOS Catalina (10.15)

In their recent version of macOS, named “Catalina” (10.15), Apple introduced a feature protecting users from executing malicious software downloaded from the Internet. To separate “good” from “bad” software, Apple implemented a so called “notarization” process, and software which has not been „notarized“ cannot be executed on macOS Catalina without further ado.

After starting QF-Test a message is shown that Apple cannot check QF-Test for malicious software.

10. February 2020, Pascal Bihler

How to debug Jython Scripts in QF-Test

By the usage of script nodes QF-Test allows embedding of special custom functionality into your test-cases. Typically, these scripts are supposed to be short and relatively simple containing just dedicated functionality, whereas the majority of test logic is done via QF-Test visual nodes.

In this article I explain how to prepare an Eclipse or standalone Liclipse IDE to connect to the Jython interpreter of QF-Test and allow enhanced debugging.

30. January 2020, Karlheinz Kellerer

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