Tuesday 18 September 2012

GUI test automation...


...is something I do very rarely these days. 

Browser dependencies, slow test execution and script maintenance are a few things which makes poor ROI over application life cycle.

One advantage though is the top-down/end-to-end execution but I think the perfect compromise for high level test automation is via Web Services. Pretty fast execution, no browser(s) and possible to have robust test scripts...so having application business logic accessible through Web Services is something which increase testability as well as product value for your customers.

My advice is to leave the GUI mainly for exploratory and usability testing...

ps. I am on Twitter nowadays

3 comments:

Unknown said...

Most of the customers that I work with and management that I work with are interested to get Automation Testing implemented for their application or product and sometimes a portfolio of applications.

Unknown said...

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Thanks.......

User Acceptance Testing said...

Nice thought.
It's a very good blog.
Keep up the great work!