Method for System for Testing Websites

A non-transitory computer readable medium including at least computer program code for providing a test enabled web browser, said computer readable medium comprising:

• computer program code for testing capabilities of a website hosted by a server and accessible to the computer via a network,
• wherein the computer program code for testing capabilities of the website provides playback of one or more test scripts, the one or more test scripts being separate from the website,
• wherein the computer program code for testing capabilities is configured to keep track of named DOM element property values within a webpage of the website to provide support for playback of the one or more test scripts that were recorded from and/or are played back via the test enabled web browser,
• wherein the use of the named DOM element property values provides support for synchronizing playback of the one or more test scripts, and
• wherein at least the one or more test scripts operate, when performed, to:
• find a current index of at least one DOM element of the webpage based on a specified property name and/or property value;
• and insert or verify a value in the at least one DOM element of the webpage having the current index.

A computer device for testing a website hosted by a remote server, the website having at least one webpage, and the webpage of the website being presented by a browser operating on said computing device, said computing device comprising:

• a script component, executed by the computing device, to record at least one test script that reproduces and times user actions and responses;
• a script playback component, executed by the computing device, to playback the at least one test script;
• a page evaluation component, executed by the computing device, to read and analyze the contents of webpage components, including DOM elements and other objects;
• and
• a synchronization component, operating in parallel with browsing the webpage via the computing device, to automatically synchronize playback of the at least one test script by said script playback component to maintain browser state while testing the webpage including programming through use of one or more user-provided checks of the current Document Object Model (DOM) contents provided in the at least one test script such that the playback of the at least one test script is able to be synchronized even though the webpage,
• wherein the one or more user-provided checks provided in the at least one test script operate, when executed, to:
• find a current index of at least one DOM element of the webpage based on a specified property name and/or property value;
• and (i) submit a named event to the at least one DOM element of the webpage having the current index, or (ii) insert or verify a value in the at least one DOM element of the webpage having the current index.

A method for testing one or more webpages of a website, said method comprising:

• accessing at least one webpage of the one or more webpages of the website so as to provide browser activities;
• programmatically manipulating a test script, the test script being separate from the one or more webpages of the website;
• and
• performing the manipulated test script to perform a test on the at least one webpage of the website to be tested,
• wherein the programmatically manipulating the test script facilitates insertion of at least one synchronization check into the test script so that the at least one synchronization check can enable the manipulated test script to synchronize with the at least one webpage,
• wherein the at least one webpage has a Document Object Model (DOM) associated therewith,
• wherein the at least one synchronization check inserted into the test script is operable to interact with at least one DOM element of the DOM in parallel with access to the DOM by the browser activities, and
• wherein the at least one synchronization check is inserted into the test script operates, when executed, to:
• find a current index of at least one DOM element of a webpage of the website based on a specified property name and/or property value;
• and (i) submit a named event to the at least one DOM element of the webpage having the current index, or (ii) insert or verify a value in the at least one DOM element of the webpage having the current index.