Gorilla Logic, a developer of open source test tools for mobile and rich internet applications (RIA), has introduced FlexMonkey 5, an open source automated testing tool for Adobe Flex and AIR.
With more than 11,000 downloads, FlexMonkey allows developers and testers of RIA to record, playback and verify real-world user interactions.
If desired, the test automation tool can also generate ActionScript test scripts that teams can use within a continuous integration environment.
New enhancements to FlexMonkey 5 include – a new console interface, a new test execution model based on FlexUnit 4 New SetProperty, StoreValue and CallFunction commands.
Other enhancements include a new test-code generation model and Plus hundreds of other changes driven by real-world feedback from the FlexMonkey community and Gorilla Logic’s customers.
Gorilla Logic CEO and co-founder Stu Stern said the latest version offers the community the next generation of FlexMonkey, making it more extensible and supportable.
Stern says these new features translate into some powerful benefits to the FLEX open source functional testing community.
Teams delivering Adobe Flex applications can reap the dramatic quality and speed gains delivered from automated user experience testing.
"User experience testing for the Adobe Flex/AIR platform now is more powerful, easier to use, faster, and more reliable – plus, it is free because it is open source," Stern said.
"For FlexMonkey customers that use Agile methods and have complex testing needs, FlexMonkey 5 offers new improvements in test extensions and Continuous Integration (CI) environments."
