Introduction
Welcome to Badboy!
Badboy is an application which makes testing and building Web applications easier by combining a capture/replay style testing tool with live diagnostics on the activities your browser is performing while you navigate your site.- If you have a development background then you are probably used to using a debugger to step through your code and see what is happening inside. You can think of Badboy as a debugger for your browser. Read about all the great features for developers!
- If you do testing or Quality Assurance work then you can use Badboy as a powerful test automation tool to help you record and play back tests of your web site or application.
If you are new to Badboy, why not take the tutorial? Select "Help" and then "Tutorial" from the menu to get started! Or, read on to find out more about what Badboy does!
Contents
- Introduction
- Basic Operation
- Automating Scripts
- Recording Modes
- Navigations
- Tests and Templates
- Variables
- Incrementing Variables
- Using Data Sources
- Populating and Submitting Forms
- Using Templates
- Understanding Playback Results
- Timeouts and Error Handlers
- Mouse Clicks
- Assertions
- Content Checks
- Summary Checks
- JScript Checks
- Taking Screen Shots
- Creating Reports
- Handling Popup Message Boxes
- Handling File Downloads
- Slowing down Playback with Timers
- Keyboard Input
- Spidering
- Sending Email
- Using JavaScript/JScript
- Using References
- Using Badboy with JMeter
- Using the Command Line Runner
- Aggregating Scripts
- Automatic Variables
- Custom Toolbox Items
- File Formats
- Scheduling Badboy Scripts
- Using Badboy with AJAX Web Sites
- Integrating Badboy with your Server's Log File
- Badboy's Developer Features
- Shortcut Keys
- Load and Stress Testing with Badboy
- Creating and Running Thread Items
- Browser Engines
- Configuring Thread Items
- Viewing and Understanding Thread Results
- Global Threads (Legacy Function)
- Automating Badboy with OLE
- Script Item Property Reference
- Badboy Plugins
- Using Badboy's GUI from the Command LIne
Badboy Documentation Generated on Thu Dec 31 12:56:46 EST 2009