Automated testing is the future of software testing. The introduction of continuous integration and continuous deployment has made automated testing increasingly important, as both aim to minimize time-to-market for products and their functionality. Manual testing is not completely gone yet, but it will be. With the increasing availability of tools, the speed of testing and delivery of easy software is increasing.
The question is when should we choose automatic testing?
According to John Overbaugh, Senior SDET lead at Microsoft, it makes sense to use automated testing tools when the cost of purchasing tools, and the cost of building and maintaining tests, is lower than the efficiency gained from the work.
In addition, if you are doing frequent regression testing iterations, if you have a microservice architecture, or if you need to work on a particularly large project, you can use automated testing when using DevOps in your organization.
There are a lot of automated testing tools to choose from, so HERE are some of the best ones you can use in 2017.
1. Selenium
The Selenium framework is the best choice for Web test automation teams to test responsive Web design or standalone Web sites. It includes tools such as Selenium IDE, Selenium Remote Control, and Selenium Grid for testing Web applications. Selenium IDE is an integrated development environment for Selenium scripting.
2. Watir
Watir is a very flexible tool that simplifies writing and maintaining test cases. Developed based on Ruby, Watir allows you to connect to databases, read data files and spreadsheets, export XML, and structure code into reusable libraries.
3. Wapt
WAPT is a load and stress testing tool that allows you to easily analyze the performance of your web site. It can be a mobile application, a Web service, or a custom ERP system. Web solutions of all sizes and technologies can be tested using WAPT.
4. Apache JMeter
Apache JMeter is an open source load testing tool written in Java 6+ and supported on all platforms. It analyzes the overall performance of servers, servers, and network site groups under different loads.
5. The Grinder
The Grinder is a JavaTM load testing framework that makes it easy to run distributed tests using many load injectors. It is free to use under a BSD-style open source license.
6. Pylot
Pylot is a free and easy to use tool for load testing Web applications. Despite the small size of the distribution, it has rich functionality that can be extended through open source code.
7. Qtest
Qtest is easy to use and integrated into the entire application development and quality control cycle. Identify and analyze operational anomalies to allow immediate correction. Remove any bottlenecks. Qtest allows you to test a range of project types, including those based on J2EE, Net, SAP, Siebel, and Web Services.