What's new in Page Scripting

This short session covers what changed in the page scripting tool, which records and replays user actions in the web client, for example for user acceptance tests. In this release the tool moves from preview to generally available. To get there it was fully localized and given an accessibility, usability and look-and-feel pass. Two recording capabilities were added: multiple selection in grids and validation of the text in message and error dialogs. The speaker closes by noting that agents can now be used to try to generate and run these scripts.

Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aqi8Uq2bQyI (3:00). Area: Developer tools. Audience: consultant, developer, partner, end-user. Presenters as heard: not introduced by name.

Chapters

• 0:00 Recap of the page scripting tool (1 min)
• 1:00 General availability, localization and polish (1 min)
• 1:38 New recording capabilities: multi-select and message validation (1 min)
• 2:29 Closing and agent-generated scripts (1 min)

Features in this video

• Page scripting generally available - GA - 0:06 to 1:13 - The page scripting tool moves from preview to general availability.
• Page scripting localization - GA - 1:13 to 1:38 - Every user-facing string in page scripting is translated, including steps, error messages and tooltips.
• Page scripting accessibility and usability - GA - 1:25 to 1:38 - An accessibility and usability pass was made on page scripting, with look and feel changes based on feedback.
• Multiple selection in grids - GA - 1:51 to 2:02 - Recordings can capture selecting several rows in a list and running bulk actions on them.
• Validate message and error dialog text - GA - 2:02 to 2:29, demo 2:13 to 2:29 - A recording can validate the text of a message or error dialog.
• Agents generating page scripts - GA - 2:29 to 3:00 - Agents can be used to try to generate page scripts and run them.

Quotes

• 0:31 "empowering customers and consultants to create tests in a more agile, quicker, and cost-effective way." - States the purpose of the tool and who it is aimed at.
• 1:00 "But in this release, we are now moving the page scripting from preview into making it generally available." - States the headline status change: page scripting goes from preview to GA.
• 1:13 "it's now fully localized. Every user-facing string is translated, all steps, error messages, tooltips," - Explains the localization work that was needed before GA.
• 1:38 "So, now it's ready for broad production use across all languages." - Gives the stated readiness level after the polish work.
• 1:51 "First, we have support for multiple selection in grids, so that you can record selecting several rows in a list and run bulk actions" - New recording capability that lets scripts cover bulk actions on lists.
• 2:13 "And that turns the recording into actually a real assertion, not just a sequence of clicks." - Describes the design intent of message validation: recordings become real tests with assertions.
• 2:29 "it's now also possible to actually use agents to try to generate" - Notes that agents can be used to generate page scripts.

Documented features matched

• Page scripting generally available -> Page Scripting enters General Availability (high confidence, docs say GA)
• Validate message and error dialog text -> Page Scripting enters General Availability (medium confidence, docs say GA)
• Page scripting localization -> Page Scripting enters General Availability (high confidence, docs say GA)
• Page scripting accessibility and usability -> Page Scripting enters General Availability (high confidence, docs say GA)
• Multiple selection in grids -> Page Scripting enters General Availability (medium confidence, docs say GA)