Gorilla Logic intros open source testing tool

BROOMFIELD, USA: Gorilla Logic, creators of open source test tools for mobile and rich Internet applications has announced FoneMonkey 5, the latest version of the open source functional testing tool for iPhone and iPad applications.

According to the release, the company claims that, new tool improves application quality by automating the detection of bugs prior to release, shortening time-to-market and reducing development and testing costs by lowering the need for resource-intensive manual testing processes.

"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.

It is the only test tool for iOS that records all actions with the iPhone or iPad while in use and plays them back as a test script at any time, added the release.

Using FoneMonkey, developers and quality assurance team members can create suites of tests that automate and perform user operation sequences, and then verify results.

New features include:

* Robust script recording and playback

* Code generation options

* Optimized for both iPhone and iPad platforms and user interfaces.

* FoneMonkey now works on both simulators and real devices.

* Test playbacks can be completely automated.

In addition, Gorilla Logic offers QuickStart, support and training services to help organizations maximize the return on investment with test automation. It also created FlexMonkey, an open-source tool for automated testing of applications built with Adobe Flex technology, that has seen thousands of downloads.