Top 5 trending Test Automation Tools for 2022
There are many testing tools available in the market. It is very difficult to choose the best tool for the testing project.
I have prepared below list just to help you the choose the one based on your requirement.
Let’s read the list in reverse orders.
5. SOAPUI
SoapUI is an open-source functional testing tool designed by Smartbear.
It provides a comprehensive API Test Automation Framework for Representational State Transfers (REST) and Service-Oriented Architectures (SOAP)
It is a tool for testing API & Services ( and not for web/mobile App testing)
It is open-Source.
It makes easy to create, manage, and execute end-to-end tests on REST, SOAP, & GraphQL APIs, JMS, JDBC, and other web services.
Key Features are,
- Functional Testing
- Service Simulation
- Security testing
- Load Testing
- Automation
- Analytics
- Ecosystem
WebSite: https://www.soapui.org
4. TestComplete
It is a script-less framework that can also support a wide range of programming languages.
Using TestComplete, tester can record & play the test scenarios. later tester can insert checkpoints to check results at different test stages.
Key features of TestComplete are as below,
- Build Automated UI Tests
- Object Recognition Engine ( now with AI )
- Data-Driven Testing
- Automated Test Reporting & Analysis
- Keyword Driven Testing
- Intelligent Quality add-on
- Continuous Testing for DevOps
- Cross Browser & Device Testing
- Parallel Testing
- Test Automation for BDD
WebSite: https://smartbear.com/product/testcomplete/overview/
3. Katalon Studio
It is an Proprietary automation testing tool which supports both web & mobile app development environment.
It is built for continuous testing.
Key features of Katalon studio are as below,
- Simple deployment
- Quick & easy setup
- Better & faster results
- Flexible Modes
- Easy Usage
- Cross-browser application
- Multi-OS-Application
- Hassle free deployments
WebSite: https://katalon.com
2. Appium
As the name suggests Appium primarily intended for mobile applications, which is open-source automated testing tools.
By using Appium you can automate any mobile app with any programming language and with any test framework having full access to back-end APIs and DBs from test code.
In recent years, Appium has gained immense popularity and stability. no doubt, it is emerging as one of the best mobile automation testing tools.
Appium supports languages like Java, Python, C#, Ruby, PHP, Objective-C, JavaScript with Node. js, Clojure and Perl.
Requirements:
iOS
Mac OSX
XCode w/ Command Line Tools
Android
Mac OSX or Windows or Linux
Android SDK ≥ 16
you can easily setup the Appium with the help of below commands,
> brew install node # get node.js
> npm install -g appium # get appium
> npm install wd # get appium client
> appium & # start appium
> node your-appium-test.jsWebSite: https://appium.io
1. Selenium
Selenium is the best automation tool to automate web browser tests.
It has many advantages and it is open-source !
best way to put it in words is, “Selenium Automates Browsers”.
Some of the key features of selenium are,
- It is open-source.
- It supports many frameworks.
- It supports multiple programming languages like java, python, CSharp, Ruby, JavaScript, Kotlin, etc.
- Also it support other language bindings as well.
- It supports almost all web-browser automation such as Firefox, IE, Safari, Opera,Chrome,Edge.
- Selenium tests can be written and executed on multiple operating systems such as Windows, macOS, Linux.
- It support cross browser testing.
- It support parallel execution which eventually helps in reducing execution time.
WebSite: https://www.selenium.dev
if you are really interested in learning about the insides of selenium drivers then here is the official website for GitHub.
P.S. : Above list is prepared by visiting multiple websites and I am not committing the sequence. It is purely based on project needs.
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