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Record and play is a myth; it turned out that programming was needed with Every every tool to be able to reproduce the test case.
Comprehensive tests require if/else programming, looping, assertions and negative cases at the very least. Simply recording, sprinkling simple assertions and playing back is NOT does not create a comprehensive test.
Documentation for automated Test Tools is underwhelming.
Conclusions:
Automation test toolsAutomated Test Tools, in general, give the most 'bang for the buck' when used as a for regression testing tool. Due to the constantly changing browser/platform playing field no test tool can be expected to support the latest . It can be safely concluded that any automation test tool cannot be the end-all means to test the applications supported here at MITbrowser/platform combination. Therefore we conclude that automated Test Tools cannot be the sole method for testing MIT-supported applications.
The current browser space is expanding and changing and churning rapidly right now, making it even harder for Test Tools to catch up.
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Therefore supporting constant rollout of new the latest browsers requires manual testing resources. However, automated Testing Tools do improve the quantity and coverage and reduce time for testing Test Tool-supported browsers.
Recommendations:
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Roll out Selenium to web developers with the following requirements and caveats:
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