Ranorex is a Windows

Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...

 GUI

Gui

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 test automation

Test automation

Test automation is the use of software to control the execution of tests, the comparison of actual outcomes to predicted outcomes, the setting up of test preconditions, and other test control and test reporting functions...

 framework for testing many different application types including Web 2.0

Web 2.0

The term Web 2.0 is associated with web applications that facilitate participatory information sharing, interoperability, user-centered design, and collaboration on the World Wide Web...

 applications, Win32, MFC

Microsoft Foundation Class Library

The Microsoft Foundation Class Library is a library that wraps portions of the Windows API in C++ classes, including functionality that enables them to use a default application framework...

, WPF

Windows Presentation Foundation

Developed by Microsoft, the Windows Presentation Foundation is a computer-software graphical subsystem for rendering user interfaces in Windows-based applications. WPF, previously known as "Avalon", was initially released as part of .NET Framework 3.0. Rather than relying on the older GDI...

, Flash

Adobe Flash

Adobe Flash is a multimedia platform used to add animation, video, and interactivity to web pages. Flash is frequently used for advertisements, games and flash animations for broadcast...

/Flex

Adobe Flex

Adobe Flex is a software development kit released by Adobe Systems for the development and deployment of cross-platform rich Internet applications based on the Adobe Flash platform...

, .NET

.NET Framework

The .NET Framework is a software framework that runs primarily on Microsoft Windows. It includes a large library and supports several programming languages which allows language interoperability...

 and Java (SWT)

Standard Widget Toolkit

The Standard Widget Toolkit is a graphical widget toolkit for use with the Java platform. It was originally developed by IBM and is now maintained by the Eclipse Foundation in tandem with the Eclipse IDE...

. Ranorex doesn't have a scripting language

Scripting language

A scripting language, script language, or extension language is a programming language that allows control of one or more applications. "Scripts" are distinct from the core code of the application, as they are usually written in a different language and are often created or at least modified by the...

 of its own. The user (e.g. the software tester) can use the functionalities of the programming languages like C# and VB.NET as a base, and enlarge it with the GUI automation functionality of Ranorex.

Features

• GUI Object Recognition - RanoreXPath for identification/filtering of all types of GUI elements.
• Capture/Replay Editor (called Ranorex Recorder)
  • Provides maintainable recordings via an actions table editor.
  • Integrates Ranorex repositories for object based automation.
  • Code generation in C# and VB.NET
• GUI Mapping (called Ranorex Repository)
  • Management of all types of GUI elements.
• Test Automation Library for .NET
  .NET Framework
  The .NET Framework is a software framework that runs primarily on Microsoft Windows. It includes a large library and supports several programming languages which allows language interoperability...
  
  
• Test Development Environment (called Ranorex Studio)
  • Code completion
  • Debugging

Awards

• 2nd Annual ATI Automation Honors Awards
  • Best Commercial FUNCTIONAL Automated Test Tool - .NET
  • Best Commercial FUNCTIONAL Automated Test Tool - Flash/Flex

• 3rd Annual ATI Automation Honors Awards
  • Best Commercial FUNCTIONAL Automated Test Tool - .NET
  • Best Commercial FUNCTIONAL Automated Test Tool - Flash/Flex

See Also

• Test automation
  Test automation
  Test automation is the use of software to control the execution of tests, the comparison of actual outcomes to predicted outcomes, the setting up of test preconditions, and other test control and test reporting functions...
  
  
• GUI software testing
  GUI software testing
  In software engineering, graphical user interface testing is the process of testing a product's graphical user interface to ensure it meets its written specifications...
  
  
• Web testing
  Web testing
  Web testing is the name given to software testing that focuses on web applications. Complete testing of a web-based system before going live can help address issues before the system is revealed to the public...
  
  
  • List of web testing tools
• List of GUI testing tools