14 DAY TRIAL // Experts in enterprise application development services and creators of open-source test tools, Gorilla Logic have announced FoneMonkey 5, the newest release of the open-source functional testing tool for iPhone and iPad applications.
The tool automates the detection of bugs prior to an app’s release, improving application quality and ultimately shortening time-to-market and reducing development and testing costs, Gorilla Logic said.
The app comes in extremely useful for developers, as it lowers the need for resource-intensive manual testing processes, the company noted.
"FoneMonkey fills a huge gap in the iPhone/iPad developer's toolkit and makes Agile development a reality through automated testing, something that has never been feasible for this critical consumer platform with millions of users worldwide," said Stu Stern, president and CEO of Gorilla Logic and co-creator of FoneMonkey.
"FoneMonkey is a single, easy-to-learn tool that can be used effectively by both engineering and QA organizations, from one-person startups to large enterprises."
The creation of FoneMonkey was reportedly fueled by Gorilla Logic's tremendous focus on enterprise customers.
They claim to offer the only test tool for iOS that records all actions with the iPhone or iPad while in use, and can also play them back as a test script.
FoneMonkey enables the interactive creation, editing and playback of automation scripts and enables quality assurance teams to create tests that automate and perform user operation sequences, as well as verify the results against these scripts.
Weighing in on the new features introduced in FoneMonkey 5, Gorilla Logic said these provide “a tremendous boost to application quality.” These include:
· Robust script recording and playback – more comprehensive recording and playback for user interactions, including taps, keyboard input, dragging and scrolling for all Cocoa Touch components.
· Code generation options – FoneMonkey can now generate ready-to-run test scripts in Objective-C that can be run under OCUnit, or JavaScript that can be run with Apple's UI Automation tools.
· Optimized for both iPhone and iPad platforms and user interfaces.
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FoneMonkey now works on both simulators and real devices.
· Test playbacks can be completely automated.
To watch a two-minute demo and learn more about FoneMonkey, or to download a free copy of the tool, interested parties are encouraged to visit Gorilla Logic here.