{"id":386,"date":"2014-06-06T07:18:01","date_gmt":"2014-06-06T11:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qxf2.com\/blog\/?p=386"},"modified":"2022-09-11T11:40:52","modified_gmt":"2022-09-11T15:40:52","slug":"cross-browser-testing-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qxf2.com\/blog\/cross-browser-testing-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"Cross browser testing tools"},"content":{"rendered":"

Problem:<\/span>\u00a0Maintaining testing infrastructure for testing across different combinations of browser, browser version and platform is difficult and time consuming.<\/p>\n

Of late, there are many tools that help testers quickly spin up any combination of browser, browser version and platform. Below, we give a brief outline of some tools that we use at Qxf2 Services<\/a> for doing cross browser testing.<\/p>\n

Cross browser testing tools<\/h2>\n

Some tools you can use to test your applications on different Browsers and OS without having to invest much on infrastructure:<\/p>\n

a) Sauce Labs
\nb) Modern IE
\nc) BrowserStack<\/p>\n

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a) Sauce Labs<\/a><\/h2>\n

1. Sign up for a Sauce Labs account. You can sign up<\/a> for a Free Account where you get 30 manual testing minutes.<\/p>\n

2. Login to your\u00a0Sauce Labs account<\/a><\/p>\n

3. Select “Manual Tests” tab to start Manual Testing<\/p>\n

4. Click on “New Manual Test”<\/p>\n

5. Enter the URL of the application you want to test<\/p>\n

6.\u00a0Choose the OS and Browser<\/p>\n

7. Click on Test<\/p>\n

8. Once Sauce Labs launches the Remote Machine you can start testing your application on the Remote Machine<\/p>\n

9. You can also file Bug, take screenshot while you test the application<\/p>\n

10. You can view the results on your web account. Login to your Sauce Labs account and you should see a result as shown in the screenshot below.<\/p>\n

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b) Modern Web<\/a><\/h2>\n

1. Microsoft provides different combinations of browser and OS virtual machines at Modern Web<\/a>.<\/p>\n

2. You can get free Virtual machines by clicking on this link<\/a>.\u00a0Choose\u00a0the OS and\u00a0the browser you want and download\u00a0all the EXE and RAR files for the VM<\/p>\n

3. After you download all the files run the EXE file to extract vmc\/vhd files<\/p>\n

\"Modern<\/a><\/p>\n

4. We will use Microsoft Virtual PC<\/a> to run the VM.<\/p>\n

5. Go to your start Menu and launch Microsoft Virtual PC<\/p>\n

6. Click on New button which will launch New Virtual Machine Wizard<\/p>\n

7. Click Next and then check on “Add an existing virtual machine” and click Next.<\/p>\n

\"Modern<\/a><\/p>\n

8. Browse for the vmc file created earlier and click next and Finish to add the VM to Microsoft Virtual PC<\/p>\n

\"Modern<\/a><\/p>\n

9. You can change the setting parameters like RAM, Networking (connect to appropriate Network Adapter) etc by clicking on Settings button<\/p>\n

\"Modern<\/a><\/p>\n

10. Click on Start to use the VM created and test your application on the VM created.<\/p>\n

\"Modern<\/a><\/p>\n

11. For Windows 7,8 and 8.1 virtual machines, you can connect to the Internet in order to activate the trial. You get a 90 day license period
\nFor Windows Vista, you have 30 days of trial period
\nFor Windows XP you have 30 days of trial period<\/p>\n

12. For Windows XP, Vista and 7 you can re-arm to further extend the initial trial period<\/p>\n

Process to re-arm<\/strong><\/p>\n