The automation testing is used to change the manual test cases into a test script with the help of some automation tools.
We have various types of automation testing tools available in the market. Some of the most commonly used automation testing tools are as follows:
- Selenium
- Watir
- QTP
Selenium
It is an open-source and most commonly used tool in automation testing. This tool is used to test web-based applications with the help of test scripts, and these scripts can be written in any programming language such as java, python, C#, Php, and so on. Following are the features of selenium
- Selenium supports only web-based application, which means that the application can be opened by the browser or the URL like Gmail, Amazon, etc.
- Selenium does not support a stand-alone application, which means that the application is not opened in the browser or URL like Notepad, MS-Word, Calculator, etc.
- Selenium web driver is the latest tool in the selenium community that removes all the drawbacks of the previous tool (selenium-IDE).
- Selenium web-driver is powerful because it supports multiple programming languages, various browsers, and different operating systems and also supports mobile applications like iPhone, Android.
Watir
Watir stands for web application testing in ruby which is written in the Rubyprogramming language. testing in ruby. It is a web application testing tool, which is open-source and supports cross-browser testing tool and interacts with a platform like a human that can validate the text, click on the links and fill out the forms.
Following are the characteristics of Watir testing tools:
- It supports various browsers on different platforms like Google Chrome, Opera, Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Safari.
- Watir is a lightweight and powerful tool.
- We can easily download the test file for the UI.
- We can take the screenshots once we are done with the testing, which helps us to keep track of the intermediate testing.
- This tool has some inbuilt libraries, which helps to check the alerts, browser windows, page-performance, etc.
QTP
QTP tool is used to test functional regression test cases of the web-based application. QTP stands for Quick Test Professional, and now it is known as Micro Focus UFT [Unified Functional Testing]. This is very helpful for the new test engineer because they can understand this tool in a few minutes. QTP is designed on the scripting language like VB script to automate the application.
Following are the most common features of QTP:
- This tool support record and playback feature.
- QTP uses the scripting language to deploy the objects, and for analysis purposes, it provides test reporting.
- Both technical and non-technical tester can use QTP.
- QTP supports multiple software development environments like Oracle, SAP, JAVA, etc.
- With the help of QTP, we can test both desktop and web-based applications.
- In this tool, we can perform BPT (Business process testing).