Test tool for concurrent web services and user interface testing

A computer-executed test tool, comprising:

• a capture tool, implemented via a processor, to:
• concurrently record a web services test and record a user interface test, recording the user interface test comprising recording user interface calls;
• operate in a dual recording mode in a user interface layer and a web services layer;
• capture user interface calls for replay as a test script in the user interface layer;
• and
• when the user interface test is recorded, hook web services messages running in the web services layer for creation of the web services test concurrent with the user interface test.

A computer-executed test method comprising:

• providing a capture tool for insertion into an application that concurrently executes in a user interface layer and a web services layer;
• using the capture tool to concurrently record a web services test and record a user interface test, recording the user interface test comprising recording user interface calls;
• and
• using the capture tool to exercise the application at the user interface layer and capture web services calls generated by exercising the application to generate a web services test script that is replayable.

A tangible computer readable storage device comprising

• computer readable instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to at least:
• insert a capture tool into an application to concurrently execute in a user interface layer and a web services layer;
• record, via the capture tool, a web services test concurrently with recording of a user interface test, recording the user interface test comprising recording user interface calls;
• and
• use the capture tool to exercise the application at the user interface layer and capture web services calls generated by exercising the application to generate a web services test script that is replayable.