Although soapui should be easy to get started with, you will need to have a good grasp of the following concepts/technologies to get the most out of soapui's functionality.
You can find most specifications at W3C and tutorials at several sites, for example W3Schools and zvon.org.
soapui is a standard desktop application adhering to established ui-concepts (as available in for example eclipse, IDEA, etc). Most actions have keyboard shortcuts and tooltips, you should have no problems finding your way around..
The soapui desktop is divided into the following views:
top-left The main navigator showing a hierarchy of all projects/interfaces/etc. (see below)
| top-right The soapui "desktop" containing panes for those double-clicked items in the navigator.
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bottom-left a tabbed pane containing 2 tabs:
| bottom right A log view showing status information on soapui actions (implemented as a log4j appender). |
The following objects are currently shown in the navigator tree:
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Most actions in soapui are performed through toolbar buttons or context-sensitive right-button menus. The following actions are available from the main menu:
File Menu
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Window Menu
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