Silverlight testing: Watin vs Selenium comparison

Asked 19/8, 2009 at 20:13 Answered 2/9, 2009 at 1:33

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I was wondering how well these web test frameworks (Watin and Selenium) work for Silverlight UI testing.

Have anyone tried it on a project? Are Watin or Selenium well suited for Silverlight?.

Administer answered 19/8, 2009 at 20:13 Comment(0)

I can't talk to Watin or Selenium with Silverlight, but I have played with White, which is a layer on top of the MS Automation Framework, and I have liked what I have seen thus far:

I should also add that we defer the majority of our UI behavior testing to unit tests using the MVVM pattern. It doesn't test EVERYTHING, but it gets us 95% of the way there.

Functional testing frameworks like Watin/Selenium/White should be used in conjunction to unit tests.

Abroach answered 19/8, 2009 at 20:16 Comment(3)

Sounds interesting, will start taking a look at this. – Administer 19/8, 2009 at 20:59

I've used WatiN in a very basic way to kick off opening Silverlight pages and interacting with them through script, but -not- UIA. – Procrustean 19/8, 2009 at 23:22

Please could you update your answer to provide a link to the 'MVVM framework'? – Barmaid 20/8, 2009 at 4:17

What about the Silverlight Unit Test Framework included in the Silverlight Toolkit?

Here's Scott Gu's intro

Not sure if this suits your needs, but I always like to check out the solution from the source itself!

Allahabad answered 2/9, 2009 at 1:33 Comment(2)

This framework (yes, I designed and wrote it :-)) is meant more for unit testing and simple functional testing, rather than interactive UI testing. – Procrustean 2/9, 2009 at 1:35

I guess I can take your word for it > D – Allahabad 2/9, 2009 at 1:37

I've not had the need to use it myself, but I have noticed that there is a Silverlight Selenium project 'Silvernium', which might be of interest to you. http://code.google.com/p/silverlight-selenium/

Sooksoon answered 20/8, 2009 at 7:43 Comment(0)

I have used WebAii to hook into Silverlight. You can create NUnit/MSTest tests to drive them. I did find a number of bugs in it but they have released a number of versions since so assume they have been fixed.

Chappy answered 20/8, 2009 at 13:24 Comment(0)

Take a look at this: http://www.artoftest.com/community/blogs/09-05-14/Automating_Real_World_Silverlight_Apps.aspx

Tajuanatak answered 2/9, 2009 at 1:14 Comment(0)

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