froglogic Releases Squish 3.3, The Automated GUI Testing Tool
Original post provide by Latest News from AJAXWORLD MAGAZINEfroglogic GmbH announced version 3.3 of the leading, cross-platform automated GUI testing tool Squish. Squish supports creating and running automated GUI tests of applications based on a variety of user interface technologies including Trolltech’s Qt toolkit, Java AWT/Swing/NetBeans, Java SWT/Eclipse RCP/JFaces, Web/HTML/AJAX and Mac OS X Carbon/Cocoa. Squish is being successfully used in QA departments across the world in companies such as Reuters Financial Software, EADS, Siemens, Synopsys, Xilinx, Trolltech and France Telecom Group.
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I realised someone had proposed a novel new component called Zend_Di, and that small change was since accepted by Federico into his DI buster. This is a quick overview with very simple use cases read the full proposal for even more gory details about your object innards using DI.
Fifth Cable Cut, Iran Loses Net Connectivity
You may have noticed a number of stories recently about undersea cables getting cut around the world. Apparently the total is now up to 5, but the scariest part of this is that Iran is now offline. You can also read Schneier's comments on this coincidence.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Fifth Cable Cut To Middle East
Apparently the total is now up to 5, but the scariest part of this is that Iran is now offline. You can also read Schneier's comments on this coincidence. Update: 02/06 17:42 GMT by Z : As a commenter notes, though the country of Iran is obviously experiencing some networking difficulties, it is not offline.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Ed Finkler's Blog: What I'm Looking Forward To In PHP6
Ed Finkler has a little PHP6related humor posted to his blog today some things he's looking forward to in PHP6: His tongueincheek list includes things like: Punctuationonly variable names HDMI outputs ASCIIart generators added to core (once CLAs are signed) Improved elegance Looking for something a bit more realistic?
Derick Rethans' Blog: EZ Components 2008.1 Roadmap
In the new release we will be addressing some importing parts of Web applications: RSS/Atom feeds, Document conversion, Search and Translations. The full roadmap can be found on the eZ Components website page. Highlights in the new roadmap include new components like Document (convert between document formats), Feed (rss/atmos reading and writing) and a Search component that allows for indexing and querying Solr and other search engine types.
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OPC DataHub Uses Streaming AJAX And New Java Applets To Create Dynamic Web Pages
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ProDevTips.com: Why PHP As A Templating Language Sucks
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Master Diebold Key Copied From Web Site
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