Galen Framework | Glossary

Definition:

Galen is a test framework originally designed for testing layout of web applications however is additionally an excellent tool for functional testing. once it involves testing a responsive layout it works in a following way:

  1. Open a page in browser
  2. Resize it to specified size
  3. Test the layout according to user-defined specs

It uses antioxidant for interacting with elements on page and obtaining their locations and dimensions.

Once it sees that something is wrong – Galen reports the error, makes a screenshot and highlights the misbehaving element on it

Further Reading:

Book: Testing Practitioner Hanbook by Renu Rajani.