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GORILLA LOGIC RELEASES MONKEYTALK FOR CROSS-PLATFORM IOS, ANDROID FUNCTIONAL TESTING

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 19:18:02 +0000

New Open Source Testing Platform Helps Streamline the Delivery of Quality Mobile Applications

BOULDER, Colo., March 6, 2012 – Gorilla Logic, (www.gorillalogic.com), the leader in enterprise application development and automated mobile testing tools and services, today announced the availability of MonkeyTalk, a new cross-platform iOS/Android functional record/playback functional testing platform that unites the industry leading FoneMonkey for iOS and FoneMonkey for Android open source tools. MonkeyTalk provides a single, powerful, cross-platform testing environment that helps development teams speed the delivery of higher quality mobile applications. The power of MonkeyTalk is multiplied by Gorilla Logic’s new Continuous QA in the Cloud service offering (see today’s announcement entitled, “Gorilla Logic Announces New Cloud-based Quality as a Service (QaaS) Offering.” "Mobile application testing services are poised for enormous growth in 2012 with U.S. companies rapidly accelerating their demand for the use of third-party mobile application testing tools and services,” said Rona Shuchat, program director at IDC. “With Gorilla Logic’s new Continuous QA Cloud offering, QA professionals can effectively and efficiently automate the testing of mobile apps across multiple devices and simulators (in any combinations) to meet the increasing demand for highly usable and high performing mobile apps.” For the first time, QA professionals have a comprehensive solution for mobile application testing. MonkeyTalk fills a huge void in the application development/delivery toolkit by recording, playing back and validating any user interaction on any mobile device or tablet. MonkeyTalk handles any gesture on any component, and supports both iOS and Android, simulators or devices. As part of MonkeyTalk platform, Gorilla Logic has introduced the MonkeyTalk Command Language, a simple, but powerful, keyword- and data-driven language for specifying functional test scripts. Designed for QA professionals, MonkeyTalk Command Language is intuitive, readable and easy-to-learn. MonkeyTalk can be generated automatically through recording or composed from scratch with the MonkeyTalk IDE or with any text editor. In addition, testers and QA professionals can extend MonkeyTalk with their own application-specific commands without any programming. MonkeyTalk’s JavaScript API also allows tests to freely mix JavaScript and MonkeyTalk for enhanced control. “We’ve immersed ourselves in the functional testing tools space for four years with thousands of teams using FlexMonkey and FoneMonkey, so we were able to step back and redesign with a focus on how people work in the real world,” said Edward Schwarz, vice president of engineering and co-founder of Gorilla Logic. “The MonkeyTalk command language as well as comprehensive support for JavaScript-based test scripting are examples of listening to QA pros talk about what they need to really drive value.” Key features of MonkeyTalk include:

Powerful data-driven functional testing for iOS and Android
Recording and playback of user interface interactions
Verifying expected versus actual results
Generating readable, maintainable scripts, as well as supporting easy creation of scripts from scratch
Automatically converting scripts to JavaScript which can be extended with custom logic
The ability to run in continuous integration environments
Free, open source licensing

“With MonkeyTalk, we’re taking the whole mobile testing space to the next level - not only uniting our tools across platforms, but also focusing on the entire process of mobile QA and how to make as a seamless part of a Continuous Delivery process, or what we call Continuous QA,” said Stu Stern, CEO and co-founder of Gorilla Logic. Availability MonkeyTalk is a free and open source tool and is available now. It can be downloaded at (www.gorillalogic.com/testing-tools/monkeytalk). To read more about the latest announcement and what it means for the MonkeyTalk community, please visit (http://blog.gorillalogic.com/). For more information on Gorilla Logic, please visit: (www.gorillalogic.com). To read CEO Stu Stern’s blog on this announcement please visit: (www.stu-stern.blogspot.com). About Gorilla Logic Gorilla Logic provides custom enterprise application development services on the ground and in the cloud to many of the world’s leading software-driven organizations. It has a rich history of applying software engineering best practices to reduce the time and cost of delivering high-quality, full-featured applications with advanced functionality. Its technical leadership in mobile, rich Internet and enterprise applications showcases its broad platform expertise and exemplifies its commitment to software development best practices and quality. Its innovative work with emerging development platforms led to the creation of two industry leading open source tools for automated testing, FlexMonkey (Flex applications) and FoneMonkey, now called MonkeyTalk (iPhone/iPad/Android applications). To download Gorilla Logic’s open source tools, and to learn more about the company and its services, please visit (www.gorillalogic.com).

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GORILLA LOGIC ANNOUNCES NEWEST VERSION OF FONEMONKEY AUTOMATED TESTING TOOL FOR IPHONE AND IPAD APPLICATIONS

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 17:16:11 +0000

Latest version incorporates new UIWebView support and recorded speed playback features for iOS devices BOULDER, Colo., Dec. 5, 2011 – Gorilla Logic, (www.gorillalogic.com), a leader in enterprise application development services and creators of open source test tools for mobile and Rich Internet Applications (RIA), today announced the latest version of FoneMonkey for iOS, the popular open source functional testing tool for iPhone and iPad applications. “This most recent release of FoneMonkey for iOS adds several key enhancements based on requests from the open source community of iOS developers,” explained Stu Stern, CEO and president of Gorilla Logic. “We are committed to meeting the needs of the open source community through frequent updates to FoneMonkey for iOS to provide developers and QA team members with rich features that help them ensure their testing is completed faster and with more accuracy.” Features added to the newest version of FoneMonkey for iOS make it easier for developers and QA team members to conduct automated testing of their iOS applications. These features include: • A new capability to run HTML Selenese scripts within a UIWebView – enabling Selenium testing of embedded web apps for the very first time • An option to playback scripts at recorded speed which increases productivity of developers • Console options to set playback speed/timeout from the console, allowing users to the option to set faster playback speeds when they do not need to see steps during playback or slower playback speeds if they want to watch and inspect each step during playback • Commands retry until timeout so the WaitFor command no longer is necessary when waiting for data Stern says now testers with no Objective-C knowledge can use JavaScript as an alternative to extend FoneMonkey-generated tests. This allows them to easily create tests and suites of tests in Javascript. In addition, data driving capabilities allow developers to create CSV databases to drive tests with unique data per each test. This allows users to create one test that can be run many times using different data to help them see how an application responds using multiple data sets. Finally, this latest version supports Selenese HTML scripts which enables developers not only to test native functionality of their applications, but also the parts implemented in UIWebViews, adding more test support for those who use web technologies in their applications. Gorilla Logic's passion for delivering quality software applications for enterprise customers led to the creation of FoneMonkey. It is the only test tool for iOS and, most recently, Android, that records all actions on an iPhone, iPad or Android phone while in use and plays them back as a test script at any time. It enables the interactive creation, editing and playback of automation scripts that exercise an application's user interface. Using FoneMonkey, developers and quality assurance team members can create suites of tests that automate and perform user operation sequences, and then verify results. FoneMonkey supports development as well as QA testing, and tests can easily be incorporated into continuous integration environments. Availability The latest release of FoneMonkey is available now and can be downloaded at (http://www.gorillalogic.com/fonemonkey). To read more about the latest announcement and what it means for the FoneMonkey community, please visit (http://blog.gorillalogic.com/). For more information on Gorilla Logic, please visit: (www.gorillalogic.com). About Gorilla Logic Gorilla Logic provides custom enterprise application development services to many of the world’s leading software-driven organizations. It has a rich history of applying software engineering best practices to reduce the time and cost of delivering high-quality, full-featured applications with advanced functionality. Its technical leadership in mobile, rich Internet and enterprise applications showcases its broad platform expertise and exemplifies its commitment to software development best practices and quality. Its innovative work with emerging development platforms led to the creation of two industry leading open source tools for automated testing, FlexMonkey (Flex applications) and FoneMonkey (iPhone/iPad Apps). To download Gorilla Logic’s open source tools, and to learn more about the company and its services, please visit (www.gorillalogic.com). # # # Media Contact: Christie Denniston Catapult PR-IR Office: 303-581-7760, ext. 13 Mobile: 303-827-5164 cdenniston@catapultpr-ir.com

OVUM TECHNOLOGY AUDIT HIGHLIGHTS GORILLA LOGIC’S FONEMONKEY OPEN SOURCE AUTOMATED TESTING TOOL

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:28:17 +0000

Research reveals that FoneMonkey stands out in a market where options for Apple iOS automated functional testing are limited

BROOMFIELD, Colo., Oct 27, 2011 – Gorilla Logic, (www.gorillalogic.com), a leader in enterprise application development services and creators of open source test tools for mobile and rich Internet applications, today announced the availability of new independent research from Ovum Technology (www.ovum.com), an objective analyst firm that enables organizations to make better business and technology decisions. The report written by principal analyst, Michael Azoff emphasizes, “For any mobile application developers targeting Apple iOS and the Flash platform, FoneMonkey should be considered for testing and QA purposes.”

Gorilla Logic's passion for delivering quality software applications for enterprise customers led to the creation of FoneMonkey. It is the only test tool for iOS that records actions with the iPhone or iPad while in use and plays them back as a test script at any time. It enables the interactive creation, editing and playback of automation scripts that exercise an application's user interface. Using FoneMonkey, developers and quality assurance team members can create suites of tests that automate and perform user operation sequences, and then verify results. FoneMonkey supports development as well as QA testing, and tests can easily be incorporated into continuous integration environments. Ovum’s key findings on FoneMonkey 5.0 and FlexMonkey 5.0 include:

• Streamlined automated functional testing for Adobe Flex and Apple iOS applications, with record and playback capabilities for all user interactions.

• Can run tests in an automated, CI testing environment, especially suitable for Agile processes.

• Generates native code for complete test customization and extensibility.

“FoneMonkey is the only automated record/playback UI testing tool available for the iOS platform,” said Stu Stern, president and CEO of Gorilla Logic and co-creator of FoneMonkey. “We are pleased that Ovum’s Technology Audit echoes our organization’s view of the Enterprise Application Development market.”

To read Ovum’s complete report on Gorilla Logic please visit: (http://www.gorillalogic.com/pdf/ovumfonemonkeyflexmonkey.pdf).

About Gorilla Logic:

Gorilla Logic provides custom enterprise application development services to many of the world’s leading software-driven organizations. It has a rich history of applying software engineering best practices to reduce the time and cost of delivering high-quality, full-featured applications with advanced functionality. Its technical leadership in mobile, rich Internet and enterprise applications showcases its broad platform expertise and exemplifies its commitment to software development best practices and quality. Its innovative work with emerging development platforms led to the creation of two industry leading open source tools for automated testing, FlexMonkey (Flex applications) and FoneMonkey (iPhone/iPad Apps). To download Gorilla Logic’s open source tools, and to learn more about the company and its services, please visit (www.gorillalogic.com).

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GORILLA LOGIC NAMED A FINALIST IN THIRD ANNUAL ATI AUTOMATION HONORS FOR ITS FLEXMONKEY AUTOMATED TESTING TOOL

Mon, 29 Aug 2011 18:00:01 +0000

Honor marks the fifth industry recognition the company has received over the last three months

BROOMFIELD, Colo., Aug. 29, 2011 - Gorilla Logic, (www.gorillalogic.com), a leader in enterprise application development services and creators of open source test tools for mobile and rich Internet applications, today announced it was named a finalist in the third annual Automated Testing Institute's (ATI) Automation Honors, the industry's original set of awards dedicated to software test automation. In an effort to recognize excellence in the discipline of test automation, the awards rely on industry practitioners to identify which tools, resources and people are the best, which have the most significant upgrades and/or which are setting the trends that will help take software test automation to the next level in the coming year. Gorilla Logic was recognized as a finalist for its popular Open Source automated testing tool, FlexMonkey (http://www.gorillalogic.com/flexmonkey). The recognition is the fifth in a series of awards and honors the company has received for its technology and success in just the last three months.

"We are honored to have been nominated and named a finalist again this year," said Stu Stern, CEO and co-founder of Gorilla Logic. "The latest additions to FlexMonkey were driven by the community of users who rely on it for their automated testing every single day. Through them, we continue to make FlexMonkey even better, which is why it is the most widely used open source tool for testing Adobe Flex and AIR applications based on more than 11,000 downloads."

FlexMonkey allows developers and testers of RIA to record, playback and verify real-world user interactions. If desired, FlexMonkey also can generate ActionScript test scripts that teams can easily use within a continuous integration environment. Gorilla Logic created FlexMonkey in 2008, and continues to contribute to the Flex ecosystem with ongoing enhancements and dedicated support to the community.

FlexMonkey users who want to show their support can do so by visiting (http://www.atihonors.automatedtestinginstitute.com) and voting for Gorilla Logic. Voting closes at the beginning of September and winners will be announced at this year's live awards ceremony held at the Verify/ATI 2011 Conference in Arlington, VA on September 27. In addition, winners and finalist will be highlighted in a special November issue of the Automated Software Testing Magazine (http://www.astmagazine.automatedtestinginstitute.com).

About Gorilla Logic:

Gorilla Logic provides custom enterprise application development services to many of the world's leading software-driven organizations. It has a rich history of applying software engineering best practices to reduce the time and cost of delivering high-quality, full-featured applications with advanced functionality. Its technical leadership in mobile, rich Internet and enterprise applications showcases its broad platform expertise and exemplifies its commitment to software development best practices and quality. Its innovative work with emerging development platforms led to the creation of two industry leading open source tools for automated testing, FlexMonkey (Flex applications) and FoneMonkey (iPhone/iPad Apps). To download Gorilla Logic's open source tools, and to learn more about the company and its services, please visit (www.gorillalogic.com).

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GORILLA LOGIC ANNOUNCES FLEXMONKEY 5 OPEN SOURCE AUTOMATED TEST SOFTWARE FOR ADOBE FLEX AND AIR

Mon, 01 Aug 2011 19:10:12 +0000

FlexMonkey 'Reloaded' offers completely new testing platform, including new console, additional testing commands, tighter integration with FlexUnit, and new test-trace options

BROOMFIELD, Colo., Aug. 1, 2011 - Gorilla Logic, (www.gorillalogic.com), a leader in enterprise application development services and creators of open source test tools for mobile and Rich Internet Applications (RIA), today announced the availability of FlexMonkey 5 (http://www.gorillalogic.com/flexmonkey), the industry's leading open source automated testing tool for Adobe Flex and AIR. FlexMonkey 5 represents a major re-write of the FlexMonkey core open source test tool, resulting in better performance and increased reliability.

"Functional user experience testing is more critical than ever with the explosion of new consumer computing and devices." explained Stu Stern, CEO and co-founder of Gorilla Logic. "This latest version offers the community the next-generation of FlexMonkey, making it more extensible and supportable. It showcases our passion for quality, our technical expertise, and our connection to the tools and culture of Agile delivery."

FlexMonkey is the most widely used open source tool for testing Adobe Flex and AIR applications. With more than 11,000 downloads, FlexMonkey has established itself as the de-facto standard in the industry. It allows developers and testers of RIA to record, playback and verify real-world user interactions. If desired, the test automation tool can also generate ActionScript test scripts that teams can easily use within a continuous integration environment. Gorilla Logic created FlexMonkey in 2008, and continues to contribute to the Flex ecosystem with ongoing enhancements and dedicated support to the community.

New enhancements contained in FlexMonkey 5 include:

l A new console interface
l A new test execution model based on FlexUnit 4
l New SetProperty, StoreValue, and CallFunction commands providing increased power and expressiveness without modifying Actionscript
l A new test-code generation model, friendlier to customization of generated code
l Plus hundreds of other changes driven by real-world feedback from the FlexMonkey community and Gorilla Logic's customers

Stern says these new features translate into some powerful benefits to the FLEX open source functional testing community. Teams delivering Adobe Flex applications can reap the dramatic quality and speed gains delivered from automated user experience testing. "User experience testing for the Adobe Flex/AIR platform now is more powerful, easier to use, faster, and more reliable - plus, it is free because it is open source." he says. "For FlexMonkey customers that use Agile methods and have complex testing needs, FlexMonkey 5 offers new improvements in test extensions and Continuous Integration (CI) environments."

Gorilla Logic continues to lead in developing open-source automated test tools for emerging development platforms. In addition to FlexMonkey, Gorilla Logic recently released FoneMonkey 5 (http://www.gorillalogic.com/fonemonkey), bringing record-and-playback automated testing capabilities to the iPhone and iPad for the first time anywhere. Gorilla Logic's open source testing tools have grown out of the company's extensive experience providing mobile, web and RIA development services to customers, from Fortune 500 companies to next-generation Internet start-ups.

FlexMonkey 5 is upward-compatible for tests recorded with FlexMonkey 4.1. The FlexMonkey development team intends to support the 4.1.x version for sustaining development for six months. To download a copy of FlexMonkey 5, visit (http://www.gorillalogic.com/flexmonkey).

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FoneMonkey 5: Open Source Testing Tool for iPhone, iPad – Mobile App Testing

Wed, 06 Apr 2011 02:00:56 +0000

FoneMonkey 5: Open Source Testing Tool for iPhone, iPad

Posted on 04/04/2011 in iPhone App Testing, Mobile App Development, Mobile App Testing by Mike Brown

If you had to pick two words typically NOT associated with testing iPhone and iPad apps, "automation" and "agile" would be near the top of the list . As of today, that no longer applies, as Gorilla Logic released FoneMonkey 5, the latest version of their open-source functional testing tool for the iPhone and iPad platforms.

The tool is sure to become a go-to among iOS developers, as no other mobile testing product offers a comprable suite of features. In fact, FoneMoneky 5 is currently the only 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. Even better, the tools enables interactive creation, editing and playback of automation scripts that exercise an application's user interface.

Essentially, what this means is that developers and testers can now create suites of tests that automate and perform user operation sequences, and then verify results. A game-changer in the testing space, no doubt about it. Oh, and did I mention that it works on both simulators and real devices?

You can watch a video demo of the product here.

To continue reading the full article, please click here: http://www.mobileapptesting.com/fonemonkey-5-open-source-testing-tool-for-iphone-ipad/2011/04/

Gorilla Logic’s FoneMonkey Test Tool for iOS – Dr. Dobbs Journal

Gorilla Logic's FoneMonkey Test Tool for iOS

By Adrian Bridgwater, April 04, 2011

Developer option to create 'suites of tests' that automate user operation sequences

Open source test tool company Gorilla Logic is aiming to extend its reach in mobile and rich Internet applications (RIA) development with FoneMonkey 5, the latest version of its open source functional testing tool for iPhone and iPad applications. The rationale for a new version release is an additional function that automates the detection of bugs prior to release. The product is also singled out for its ability to work as the only test tool for iOS that records all user actions and plays them back.

After recording user actions with the iPhone or iPad while in use, FoneMonkey works by playing them back as a test script at any time. It enables the interactive creation, editing, and playback of automation scripts that exercise an application's user interface. Using this tool, developers and quality assurance team members can create 'suites of tests' that automate and perform user operation sequences and then verify results. Gorilla Logic says that FoneMonkey supports development as well as QA testing -- and tests can easily be incorporated into continuous integration environments.

"FoneMonkey fills a 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 cocreator of FoneMonkey. "FoneMonkey is a single tool that can be used effectively by both engineering and QA organizations, from one-person startups to large enterprises."

To view the full article at Dr. Dobbs Journal, please click here: http://drdobbs.com/mobility/229400886

GORILLA LOGIC RELEASES NEWEST VERSION OF FONEMONKEY OPEN SOURCE TESTING TOOL FOR IPHONE AND IPAD APPLICATIONS

Mon, 04 Apr 2011 22:16:44 +0000

GORILLA LOGIC RELEASES NEWEST VERSION OF FONEMONKEY OPEN SOURCE TESTING TOOL FOR IPHONE AND IPAD APPLICATIONS

FoneMonkey is the only test tool for iOS that records all user actions and plays them back

BROOMFIELD, Colo., April 4, 2011 - Gorilla Logic, (www.gorillalogic.com), a leader in enterprise application development services and creators of open source test tools for mobile and rich Internet applications, today announced FoneMonkey 5, the latest version of the open source functional testing tool for iPhone and iPad applications. FoneMonkey 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. "FoneMonkey is a single, easy-to-learn tool that can be used effectively by both engineering and QA organizations, from one-person startups to large enterprises."

Gorilla Logic's passion for delivering quality software applications for enterprise customers led to the creation 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. It enables the interactive creation, editing and playback of automation scripts that exercise an application's user interface. Using FoneMonkey, developers and quality assurance team members can create suites of tests that automate and perform user operation sequences, and then verify results. FoneMonkey supports development as well as QA testing, and tests can easily be incorporated into continuous integration environments.

FoneMonkey 5 offers new features that provide a tremendous boost to application quality. Already a leader in automated user testing, Gorilla Logic has spent the last year incubating the FoneMonkey project with the help and feedback from the open source community. New features include:

Robust script recording and playback - more comprehensive recording and playback for user interactions, including taps, keyboard input, dragging and scrolling for all Cocoa Touch components.
Code generation options - FoneMonkey can now generate ready-to-run test scripts in Objective-C that can be run under OCUnit, or JavaScript that can be run with Apple's UI Automation tools.
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, the leading open-source tool for automated testing of applications built with Adobe Flex technology, that has seen thousands of downloads.

For more information and to download a free copy of FoneMonkey or FlexMonkey please visit (http://www.gorillalogic.com/fonemonkey).

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