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Nishi's avatar
Nishi
Contributor
12 years ago

Skills to learn to use SoapUI free version efficiently

I am new to SoapUI and WebServices testing. Have some knowledge on WebServices and XML file syntax when sending requests and getting responses.
Could some one let me know what skills (lang, scripts,...) should one learn/master to be able to take full advantage of SoapUI free version to test WebServices (REST)?
And any tips on steps to focus during testing are appreciated.

Thanks,
  • NiclasReimertz's avatar
    NiclasReimertz
    Staff
    12 years ago
    Hi,

    You should try the resources on soapUI.org, there are several tutorials. Also, although soapUI is not script heavy like many tools, you might sooner or later need to learn Groovy to do really complicated stuff (http://groovy.codehaus.org/).

    If there's one feature I would like you to look at it's assertions. Assertions make all the difference as a tester; well made assertions equals well made tests in soapUI.
    Also if you're doing rest testing, looking at REST a bit is useful as well as looking at JSON.

    But really, just use a structured test oriented method of going forwards and you'll be fine. Create structured TestSuites containing structured TestCases and you'll be fine.

    /niclas
    The SmartBear Team
  • Nishi's avatar
    Nishi
    Contributor
    12 years ago
    Thanks niclas.

    Could you suggest good tutorials for 'XPath' and 'XQuery' to be used from SoapUI which I think are used along with scripting (Groovy as you mentioned earlier)?

    Thanks,
    -Nishi