About:
Abbot is a framework for testing Java GUIs. It lets you launch an application or GUI component, play back user actions on it, and examine its state. Tests may be coded or scripted. The editor supports recording user actions into a script, exploring the component hierarchy, running the script, and other features you'd expect from a script editor. Test scripts are JUnit extensions.

Release focus: Major feature enhancements

Changes:
Abbot now has a more robust component search mechanism using weighted properties. More attributes are stored in auto-generated component references, but component lookup still works well with minimal, hand-entered references. Applications are launched automatically when recording, if not already launched. A custom classpath may be specified directly in the launch step. A reloading class loader for launching classes allows classes with a lot of static setup and state to be tested repeatedly. Support was enhanced and an example has been added for testing applets under Sun's applet viewer.

Author:
twall [contact developer]

Rating:	reset 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
7.93/10.00 (2 votes)

Homepage:
http://abbot.sourceforge.net/
Tar/GZ:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/abbot/abbot-1.0.0rc2.tgz?download
Zip:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/abbot/abbot-1.0.0rc2.zip?download
Changelog:
http://abbot.sourceforge.net/doc/RELNOTES.shtml
Mailing list archive:
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=36529
Demo site:
http://abbot.sourceforge.net/abbot.jnlp

Trove categories: [change]

[Development Status]		4 - Beta, 5 - Production/Stable
[Intended Audience]		Developers, Quality Engineers
[License]		OSI Approved :: Common Public License, OSI Approved :: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)
[Operating System]		OS Independent
[Programming Language]		Java
[Topic]		Software Development :: Quality Assurance, Software Development :: Testing

Dependencies: [change]
No dependencies filed

 Branches

Branch	Version	Last release	License	URLs
Default	1.0.0rc2	22-Dec-2005	Common Public License

 Releases

Version	Focus	Date
1.0.0rc2	Major feature enhancements	22-Dec-2005 16:14
0.13.1	Major feature enhancements	12-Nov-2004 15:47
0.12.3	Minor bugfixes	14-Jun-2004 07:57
0.12.2	Minor bugfixes	20-Mar-2004 17:10
0.12.0	Major feature enhancements	24-Feb-2004 23:57
0.11.0	Minor feature enhancements	08-Jan-2004 00:58
0.10.0	Major feature enhancements	28-Aug-2003 22:03
0.9.0	Major feature enhancements	01-Jun-2003 13:52
0.8.4	Major bugfixes	02-Apr-2003 16:37
0.8.3	Major bugfixes	17-Jan-2003 16:05

 Articles referencing this project

• Open Source Java and Web Testing Tools
  by Vinodh Velusamy , in Category Reviews
  Sat, Nov 6th 2004 00:00
  

 Comments

[»] Great application!
by Dennis Daniels - Feb 8th 2003 02:56:45

I've been looking for a Java GUI tester for awhile now and I do believe that Abbot has great potential in becoming a robust testing engine for Java. Abbot also has potential for becoming a tutorial builder. The developer has been responsive and helpful. Definitely check out Abbot if you've got a GUI on your Java app!

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