Hello world!
Go Test It, the answer to your web testing worries, has now been launched into private beta. It is about six months since we wrote the first line of code, and now it is wonderfully exciting to give our first users access to the system, to see that our approach is confirmed and validated by lots of positive feedback, and to learn which additional features our customers want most.
So what is Go Test It actually? Well, in effect, it’s not one product, but three products which work together and support each other:
A solid, hosted, scalable cross-browser testing infrastructure. We think that you have better things to do than to maintain virtual machines for testing, install Windows updates and track the latest browser versions. That’s why Go Test It provides this all for you: we maintain a variety of browsers on a variety of operating systems for you, and we make them available for you to use whenever you need them. And because we’ve built the infrastructure in a scalable way from day one, you can be sure that Go Test It will provide a great level of service even as we grow.
A simple but powerful test management system. We let you write test scripts in your favourite language – choose between Ruby, Python and the Selenium HTML format (Selenese), or mix and match. You can even run your Selenium existing scripts on Go Test It without a change. We let you run them when you like, as often as you like, on all the platforms you choose. We take screenshots along the way, and we email you the results. You can collaborate with the rest of your team, edit scripts online and share results. We make all of this super-easy for you, and then we get out of the way to let you get on with your work.
The most awesome test recorder ever. Yes, I left the best one till last. We wanted to allow you to record your tests simply by clicking through your site as usual, so that you can get started with Go Test It in no time at all. But none of the test recorders out there was anywhere near good enough for us. So we wrote our own, and everyone who’s seen it agrees that it is magic. It’s much friendlier to use and gets better results than anything you’ve seen before, and with every Go Test It account you get unlimited use of the test recorder for free!
Nobody else offers such a remarkable service all in one. So what can I say? Visit the Go Test It website now and let us know you’re interested, and we’ll get back to you with an invitation code. If you have already given us your email address but not heard from us, please be patient for just another few days – we have had a lot of interest already so it’s taking a bit of time to get everybody set up comfortably!
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