Introduction to the Debug perspective – testing automation and making tweaks

We use the Debug perspective to test and debug the applications. When we launch the debugger, the desktop agent switches to test mode and we can test various workflows from there. The Debug perspective can run in pop-up or embedded mode. You can control this and various other options from the View | Manage Debugging Options popup. The various options available in the Debug perspective are shown in the following screenshot:

Figure 5.6 – The Debug perspective

We have explained those options briefly here, but a detailed explanation is left for the later chapters and your research:

• The Events view (current selection): Shows all the events with a timestamp and type of event (left-most icon).
• The Pages view: To display the recognized and yet to be recognized pages.
• The Scenarios view: To show the automation scenario currently being executed. This view has several...