Automated Java GUI testing - UI test automation
 

Testing Java with QF-Test

QF-Test features specifically for Java GUI testing

  • All Java UI-technologies covered
  • Full access to the Java API of the application under test by integrated scripting languages Groovy, Jython and JavaScript
  • A lot of extension-APIs
  • Full support of complex structures enabled by focus on and deep integration with the Java platform

All QF-Test Features

Java Automation Testing

  • Java Swing, JavaFX, AWT, SWT, Eclipse Plug-Ins, RCP, WebStart, RIA, ULC (UltraLightClient), JIDE components, Captain Casa
  • Hybrid applications embedded browsers via JxBrowser, SWT-Browser or  JavaFX WebView
  • Native Java applications in the browser with JPro or Webswing
  • Custom technology examples: Syrius, GK Software, FirstSpirit
QF-Test runs on Windows
QF-Test runs on Linux/Unix
QF-Test runs on macOS

Cross-platform Java automated testing on Windows, Linux and macOS

Java application

THE automated Java software testing tool - for all common Java UIs

Fine-tuned during its history in numerous customer environments, QF‑Test is able to handle applications of arbitrary complexity. Where other automated testing tools fail, QF‑Test often remains the only functioning choice due to its focus on and deep integration with the Java platform. The combination of a quick learning curve and a rich feature set enable writing well structured and maintainable regression tests and make it an efficient and valuable tool in the quality assurance process with a quick ROI in Java Testing.

Generic classes in testing

Migration without regression via generic classes

  • Migration without regression, e.g. Swing to JavaFX or RCP/RAP...
  • Example of Centris AG

Create your automated Java GUI tests with QF-Test before or after the migration and use them virtually unmodified to ensure a continual correct functionality of your application. The basis for this is the high abstraction degree of the generic classes of QF-Test that guarantee a flexible, robust and cross technological component recognition. This allows a massive gain in confidence in Java testing as regressions can be detected without any further test effort.

Testing Java out of the box!

QF-Test itself is written in Java.

[Translate to English:] Java Swing testen mit QF-Test

Java Swing GUI Testing / Java AWT GUI Tests

QF-Test has continuously supported Java Swing (the traditional GUI toolkit, with is part of every Java version of Oracle since 1997) since its very beginning in 1999 as a tool for automated GUI testing.

  • Since then, QF-Test has continuously been improved and extended and works reliably for all variants like WebStart, ULC, Captain Casa, as well as RIA (Rich Internet Application) variants.

  • QF-Test can test Swing applications with an embedded browser like e.g. JxBrowser. You can access both, the Java and the Web part of the application.

More about Java Swing Testing with QF-Test

[Translate to English:] JavaFX Testen mit QF-Test

JavaFX / OpenJFX GUI automated Testing

JavaFX is the successor of Swing and an integral part of Java 8. With Java 11 JavaFX was moved out of the JDK into the open source project OpenJFX. Since 2014 QF‑Test supports this GUI technology and provides advanced testing support including complex components like trees and tables. QF‑Test can test JavaFX applications with an embedded browser like e.g. JxBrowser or WebView. You can access both, the Java and Web part of the application.
When you migrate your application from Java Swing to JavaFX, you can reuse Swing GUI tests in QF-Test for JavaFX automated testing with little effort.

More about testing JavaFX applications with QF-Test

Article by Wolfgang Weigend, Oracle:
Automated Testing of JavaFX GUI-Components.

Eclipse SWT RCP Testing with QF-Test

Java SWT GUI Automation Testing

Java GUI tests for applications based on the Standard Widget Toolkit (SWT), including Eclipse plug-ins and the Rich Client Platform (RCP). QF-Test has continuously provided support for this toolkit since 2008.

  • An important feature is automatic naming of RCP objects for stable and reliable component recognition.
  • Included is support for some special components like ktable or some of the tables from the Nebula project.
  • QF-Test can test SWT / Eclispse applications with an embedded browser like e.g. SWT browser. You can access both, the Java and Web part of the application.

More about Testing Eclipse/RCP (SWT) Applications with QF-Test

"After evaluating a number of Java Swing automated testing tools, we found QF-Test to be the only one that managed to execute Java GUI tests on multiple platforms without platform dependency issues.

Let me add three sentences about your support: "This is what I call a response time! Great job! No wonder that your company is such a success :)."

Bojan Lozinsek, Projektmanager

Hermes Softlab, Maribor, Slovenia

"My personal opinion is that QF‑Test is still the best JAVA GUI test tool in market."

Saša Milošević, QA engineer

NIRI Intelligent Computing, Serbia

"QF-Test was the only automation tool that worked on our specific, highly customized Swing framework."

Isis Bauquis, Test engineer

Sword Linkvest SA, Switzerland

"I evaluated about 10 tools for automated Java GUI testing. Our table models were very complex therefore for evaluation of the tools I designed few tests/criteria which dealt with cells' content and images. Neither of the tools could perform all tests. I contacted specialists from technical support, they either admitted that their tools could not do some specific tasks, or they tried to offer workarounds, which would be an option if I would not find a tool that 'does it all.'

When I evaluated QF-Test it passed all my tests. Still I was a little bit hesitant because its scripting language was Jython, and learning a new language is a considerable effort, though an extensive array of standard nodes was very simple to use. Some of other tools had scripting language which I already knew; nevertheless eventually I made my mind and selected QF-Test reasoning that reliable performance was more important than my learning efforts."

Matt Ezren, QA developer

Creditex, Inc., New York, USA

Webswing the future of Swing

Testing Webswing applications

Java Swing, JavaFX and Netbeans applications can be displayed in a browser with the technology Webswing.
QF-Test can test such applications, both the Java and the Web part can be accessed.
Your existing Java tests with QF-Test  can be reused in a Webswing system.

More about Webswing Testing with QF-Test

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