Re: Automagic webapp testing tools

["Leigh Morresi" <leighm () linuxbandwagon com>]

I use a took called AutoIT to script some events, i can make the
coldfusion stuff at work fall over after a while if i repeat the same
process a thousand times :)

leigh


On 18/3/2005, "robert () dyadsecurity com" <robert () dyadsecurity com> wrote:

> Evans, Arian(Arian.Evans () fishnetsecurity com)@Thu, Mar 10, 2005 at 12:35:58PM -0600:
> > 4. No substitute for manual testing.
>
> In my mind, these tools are most powerful when used by the manual
> testers.  It allows for a stimulus to be consistently applied to all inputs in
> the application the same way every time.  No human has the stamina for
> that on a large app :).
>
> That said, the commercial tools I've evaluated are all lacking in
> important features.  I think it's still an immature market with plenty
> of room for new players who have good ideas.
>
> Robert
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