Prerequisite for MonkeyTalk environment setup

INSTALL JAVA

Java 6 or higher version need to be install in your workstation.( http://www.java.com/en/download/ OR http://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp).

Double check whether java has install correctly by typing java at the command prompt.

If it’s not working;

Type control sysdm.cpl,,3 in the Run dialog (+R) and click Environment Variables.

Then check whether you your java bin folder path is available on the PATH variable as on the below image.

Figure 1-edit user variable

INSTALL ECLIPSE

Need to install a latest version of eclipse or latest version of ADT (Android development toolkit).

Eclipse should work as it is so no need to worry about below things.

If eclipse is not working;

Use the below link and update the eclipse.

http://wiki.eclipse.org/FAQ_How_do_I_upgrade_Eclipse%3F

ANDROIS SDK

Download the latest android SDK from http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html .

Install it in to your workstation.

Open the SDK manager and if there are any packages need to be install (As on the image), please click on the highlighted button.

Figure 2-android sdk manager

CONFIGURE THE ECLIPS OR ADT FOR ANDROID SDK

After preparing all the above setups,

We need to show the android SDK folder path to ECLIPS or ADT, in order to do that,

Navigate to your Android SDK installed directly and copy the file path up to SDK folder.

Go to Windows and then Preferences from the Eclipse or ADT.

Select android from the left side.

Past it in the SDK location on the Android preferences area.

Click apply.

If you follow the steps correctly you will able the see a list of target names as on the image.

Figure 3-eclipse preferences

Now user should able to open the Monkey talk IDE without getting any errors.

ERROR MESSAGES / FAQ

1.       If you get this error message while opening Monkeytalk IDE;

Figure 4-error mgs

Make sure that you're version of Eclipse and JDK match, either 64-bit or both 32-bit.

MonkeyTalk Android Test Automation part 03-Data driven testing part 02

This is the 3rd video please go thru the 1st video in-order to get a better understanding

MonkeyTalk Android Test Automation part 03-Data driven testing part 01

MonkeyTalk Android Test Automation part 02- Validations

MonkeyTalk Android Test Automation part 01

Coded UI

Cool option on fire fox on element identifying

This is a cool option on identifying elements on a web page. It’s really new and cool feature to me don’t know about others :D

Navigate to Firefox ( im using v:23)

Navigate to any website you want.

Rite click on the web page and select Inspect elements.

As on the image click on the highlighted area.

Bingooo

Get Geo location coordinates by submitting a String value (an address) in C#

String address is my string value where by passing an address.
Inside the foreach loop i can get the Longitude and Latitude.

To use this code you need to have below references available in your reference folder on the solution explorer.
using System.Xml;
using System.Web;

using System.Net;

public  void GetGeoLocation()
{
         string address = "Colombo 03, Colombo";

            string urlAddress = "http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/xml?address=" +          HttpUtility.UrlEncode(address) + "&sensor=false";

  try

    {
         XmlDocument objXmlDocument = new XmlDocument();
                    objXmlDocument.Load(urlAddress);

         XmlNodeList objXmlNodeList = objXmlDocument.SelectNodes("/GeocodeResponse/result/geometry/location");

 foreach (XmlNode objXmlNode in objXmlNodeList)

      {

        // GET LONGITUDE

      string Latitude = objXmlNode.ChildNodes.Item(0).InnerText;

        // GET LATITUDE

      string Longitude = objXmlNode.ChildNodes.Item(1).InnerText;

      }

                 
     }
    catch (Exception)
                { }

 }

How to instal Back Track 5

• Download the image :http://www.backtrack-linux.org/downloads/
• Write it to a DVD.
• Boot from the DVD by selecting the 1st boot device CD/DVD Rom.
• Press "Enter" key on "Boot" prompt.
• you will see Backtrack Live CD menu. Press enter on "Backtrack Text – Default Boot Text Mode".
• On the "Root@bt:~#" prompt type "startx" and press enter.
• After another few moments, you will come to the desktop of Backtrack. Double click on the “Install Backtrack” to begin the install process.
• Now you can do the installation from the UI as on windows :) 
• In some point you will ask select the partition   where you want to install the OS ,so select the partition you want to install OS and right click on it select edit (i really cant remember the exact option, any how it have only 3 options.select the top most 1 :) ).
• Then there will be a option to select "Boot file system" (on default on that drop down there will have /boot and /windows. Just enter "/" ( to say this is root) and continue)
• Default root name : root
• Default root password :toor

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