Summary

Performing UI unit tests can be a challenge. This chapter introduced a solid utility, Tester, that will automate your testing by recording keystroke and mouse input and playing them back to your application. Although it falls short of being as complete as a commercial regression-testing tool, Tester will certainly save wear and tear on your wrists.

I hope that Tester shows you how valuable tools that automate your application can be. If your application is complex enough, I'd recommend investing in a commercial regression-testing tool so that you can speed up your unit testing. If you spend a little time planning how you're going to use the regression-testing tool, you can grow a system in which your developers are contributing regression scripts that the QA department can then roll into the master QA automated testing scripts. If you play your cards right, your main QA suites will almost appear to write themselves.