PTF Chrome Recorder

PeopleSoft Test Framework now records with Google Chrome! As of PeopleTools 8.59.07, Google Chrome replaces Internet Explorer 11 as the PTF recorder. This is great news considering Internet Explorer 11 retires from most Windows operating systems on June 15th, 2022. We took the new recorder for a test drive and have some findings to share with you. Check it out on our YouTube channel.

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The biggest changes seem to be the replacement of the "always-on-top" recorder with a side window and a right-click pop-up menu.

Are you ready for June 15th? Details about the new PTF recorder are available in My Oracle Support document 2834568.1. At this time, Oracle plans to backport the Chrome recorder to 8.58.18. The document also shares details about potentially recording with the Edge browser in a future PeopleTools release.

What are customers saying? If your site disables Chrome extension installation, then you may experience challenges with the new Chrome recorder. It appears to self-install and run when launching the PTF recorder. You may find limited details about the Chrome extension issue in MOS doc 2648652.1.

With Event Mapping, Drop Zones, and other customization isolation solutions, PTF is more important than ever! Since we no longer customize directly, compare reports don't identify potential impacts. PTF regression tests are how modern PeopleSoft developers locate isolated customizations issues. Are you ready to learn more? Check out our live and recorded PTF courses online! Do you have a team you would like to train? Contact us with the details, and let's get something scheduled.

PeopleSoft Streams from Oracle University

In February of this year, Oracle University launched the PeopleSoft Learning Stream. Oracle's Learning Streams are short, educational vignettes. I was given the privilege of recording 6 streams:

• Using JavaScript with Pagelet Wizard is a 21 minute video showing you how to use Pagelet Wizard to convert a PeopleSoft query into an interactive D3 chart, a navigation collection into a carousel, a navigation collection into an accordion, and RequireJS for JavaScript dependency management.
• REST Query Access Service is a 15 minute session showing you how to craft a Query Access Service REST URL.
• Working with JSON in PeopleSoft Document Technology is a 23 minute video demonstrating how to use the PeopleCode Document, Compound, and Collection objects to read and write JSON.
• Basic Java API with PeopleCode is a 26 minute session showing you how to use the delivered Java API with PeopleCode. This session covers constructors, instance methods, properties, and static method invocation. Java objects demonstrated include String, Hashtable, Regular Expression Pattern and Matcher, arrays, and String.format.
• Intermediate Java API with PeopleCode is a 38 minute video that shows you how to configure JDeveloper to write Java for the PeopleSoft Application and Process Scheduler servers and provides some examples of writing and deploying Java to a PeopleSoft application server. Note: in this session you get to watch me attempt to troubleshoot an App Engine ABEND.
• Advanced Java API with PeopleCode is a 26 minute recording showing you how to use Java Reflection to remove PeopleCode ambiguity as well as how to use JavaScript to avoid reflection.

You can access all of my streams here. From this page you can preview the first 2 minutes of each video or subscribe for unlimited access to all of the videos in the Oracle PeopleSoft Learning Stream.

An Interview with Jeff Robbins

At OpenWorld 2013, I had the opportunity to catch up with Jeff Robbins and ask him some questions about PeopleSoft's User Experience. You can watch the video here:

Watch more videos from Oracle's User Experience team on the oracleuseableapps YouTube channel.