Features | Windmill Testing Framework

Features

Supported Browsers

Comparison Chart

Feature	Windmill	Selenium	Watir
IE/Safari/Firefox/Chrome Support	Yes	Yes	Differing libraries
Test Recorder	Yes, on all platforms	Firefox Plugin only	Yes
Cross Domain	Yes	Firefox and IE only in trusted mode.	Yes
SSL	Yes	Yes	Yes
Supported Languages	Python, JavaScript, Ruby	Many	Ruby
Integrated Debugging Tools	Firebug and Firebug Lite, Inspector	None	None
Proxy Manipulation	Yes, could be better	No	N/A, Watir doesn’t use a proxy

Integrated Development Environment

Full Featured Recorder: One click and the IDE writes your test for you
DOM Explorer: Explore the DOM, aids in test editing and debugging
Assertion Explorer: Quickly generate action validating the state of your application
Test Saving and Playback
Real Time Performance and Output Information

Firebug Lite Integration

Firebug Lite integration for debugging in all supported browsers

Windmill Shell

Interactive Python Server

Convenience functionality for launching browsers
PDB debugging support
Test loading and running
DOM query functionality
Reporting helpers

wxWindmill Service UI

wxWindmill Service UI

Running test files, and test directories
Loading test files, and test directories
Launching Firefox, Safari and Internet Explorer
Killing the open Windmill test browser instances
Clearing the Test Queue
A built in Python Shell
A scoped Python Shell to Windmill
A fun little GUI to complete your test development experience…

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