web app testing

Question

what tools are there to actually test a web application?

e.g. test the login process, password recovery etc.

(not unit testing).

Answer 1

Watir and Autoit

Answer 2

A huge list can be found here http://www.softwareqatest.com/qatweb1.html

Answer 3

Try Selenium. You can record tests right in Firefox, tweak them in the language of your choice, and then run them from the browser or a dedicated test machine. Cool stuff.

Answer 4

Not sure why you don't want "unit testing"... you can script a unit testing package like HtmlUnit to test your login and password recovery processes pretty well.

Answer 5

Tellurium uses groovy + selenium to take a more modular approach to gui testing. It also has a firefox plugin to record UI layouts and map them to your tests. http://code.google.com/p/aost/wiki/UserGuide070Introduction?tm=6

Answer 6

Webrat is awesome for request/response testing. I concur that Selenium is great for testing web browser functionality, for example, using Javascript.

Answer 7

Another alternative to Selenium is WatiN (Web Application Testing in .NET). Same thing, you can record tests, modify and run in IE or Firefox.

Answer 8

Hey.
HP QuickTestPro, or IBM RationalRobot.