JS Edit & Play for Web Testing

JS Edit & Play is a tool within Test Designer that is completely JavaScript. Using this tool you can write custom code, add conditional statements, add loops, and create any complex scripts using JS Edit & Play like you would using IDEs such as Netbeans or Eclipse.

In JS Edit & Play, you can have can open multiple files which open in different tabs which makes it easy for the user to copy contents between different scripts.

JS Edit & Play also has IntelliSense, which is a code-completion aid. That means as you type, the default methods and functions along custom-defined variables and functions are available to select from the drop-down.

Note: Test Sesigner services must be running to work with JS Edit & Play.

Accessing JS Edit & Play

There are multiple ways to access JS Edit & Play.

Option 1

  1. Open the Test Designer IDE

  2. Open any existing Test Designer script or record a new script

  3. Click File > Export > JavaScript.

  4. Click Save to save the script. The script will have a .js extension.

  5. Click Play.

  6. The Test Designer JS Edit & Play window will open with the script opened. From here you can edit the script, add more JS steps, and perform other actions.

Option 2

  1. From AIQ navigate to Test Designer > JS Edit & Play.

  2. From here you can create a new script or open an existing script.

Related Topics

The following topics provide more information on the JS Edit & Play user interface and details and examples of working with scripts in the tool.

JS Edit & Play for Web Testing User Interface - Information about the following menus and functions:

  • File menu

  • Options menu

  • Export logs option

  • Check Syntax option

  • Play Script option

Working with JS Edit & Play

  • Debugging in the Console

  • Custom Functions in JS

  • Script Examples

  • Exporting DS Script with Descriptions to JS