which is the best java gui testing tool? [closed]

Question

I'm looking for a java gui testing tool in which tests can be created by recording my gui actions (buttons pressed, windows closed, etc.)

A scripting mechanism for writing tests is not required.

It could be free or commercial, but cheap and great is better than expensive and great.

My application is a rich-client app written in Java SE 6.

Yoav

Answer 1

If it's a Swing app you could take a look at Marathon.

Answer 2

I concur with Kettelerij, Marathon's the way to go.

• It's easy to integrate into external systems like Subversion & CruiseControl, becasue all the scripts are human readable (Jython) and not locked into some proprietary format that requires an export (like most of the commercial tools).

• It is able to record scripts in your choice of Jython or JRuby, which are essentially python and ruby that give you access to Java API. Very easy to understand.

• For advanced testers, you are able to identify which GUI component you want to select using not just their names, but instead a a unique subset of their properties, for example

  click('{Text: OK Enabled: true}')

... finds a component whose getText() is "OK" and isEnabled() is "true". This makes the scripts highly dynamic and easier to maintain.