Thursday, July 01, 2010

Software Test Tools - ABBOT

Kind of Tool
Java GUI test framework (freeware)
Organization
Timothy Wall
http://abbot.sourceforge.net/
Software Description

The Abbot framework is a Java library that provides methods to reproduce user actions and examine the state of GUI components. Improving upon the very rudimentary functions provided by the java.awt.Robot class (A Better 'Bot). The framework may be invoked directly from Java code or accessed without programming through the use of scripts. It is suitable for use both by developers for unit tests and QA for functional testing.

Distributed under the GNU LGPL.
Platforms
Platforms supported by Java.