It's probably not news to you that Google's venerable main search page now has an "autosuggest" feature -- it feeds you possible targets of your search, based on the keystrokes that appear. It's a powerful, user-friendly feature, and it's done with AJAX methods that continuously interrogate the server with what you've typed as you type it and dynamically modify the page in your browser -- all as you continue to type in your search.

The main question is: How do you test this kind of thing? Here are some answers:

• If you want to make a manual recording the regular steps don't work, because it's AJAX. Here is how to make a good recording, using out-of-the-box methods for Recording of Autosuggest Text Boxes.

• But if you want to do the same test, but you're willing to spend the time to create the commands using eValid Index/Motion commands, here is an example of Autosuggest Test Box Processing with Index/Motion Commands

• A rather more complex example of the technique is this scripted solution which exercises the ICEfaces Autocompleter Function, where the script, like the one above, is entirely self-synchronizing and fully tolerant to all but drastic page structure changes.

• Problems with Server Loading? (Server Loading)
• Can eValid do Xpath? (DOM Processing)
• Web Site Connection With a Firewall (Application Monitoring)
• Speed of Elements (Regression Testing)
• Regular Expression Search -- What is it Good For? (Regression Testing)
• Economic Advantage (Server Loading)

• Systematic Development of Rich Internet Applications, IEEE Internet Computing Journal, Special Issue Announcement.
• Second International Workshop on Testing Database Systems (DBTest 2009), 29 June 2009 - 2 July 2009, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
• 3rd International Workshop on Verification and Evaluation of Computer and Communication Systems, 2-3 July 2009, Rabat, Morocco.
• 3rd International Conference on Tests and Proofs (TAP 2009), 2-3 July 2009, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
• Workshop on State-space Exploration for Automated Testing (SSEAT 2009), 23 July 2009, (Colocated with ISSTA 2009), Chicago, Illinois, USA.
• 7th International Conference on Information Technology New Generations, Software Testing Track, 12-14 April 2010, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
• 32nd International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE #32), 2-8 May 2010, Cape Town, South Africa.

These events all deserve careful consideration, so please take a look at them!

• Review the eValid Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs).
• Watch some of our Annotated/Animated Movies. You'll see how eValid works from the GUI level, and see how eValid deals with specific testing situations.
• If you run into a tricky problem testing a website, you might consider checking out the 40+ entries in our Worked Solutions Resource. You'll find a wide range of already-worked examples showing how eValid solves typical testing situations.
• For general eValid usage you may wish to check into the set of our "top 99" Power User Tips & Tricks. They cover everything from simple functional testing to detailed LoadTest experiment development.