• Open Source Gui Testing Tools

Open Source Gui Testing Tools

When I recently joined Endgame as an intern on the Quality Assurance (QA) team, I was tasked to build a reliable and scalable automated UI testing framework that integrates with our manual testing process. QA automation frameworks of front end code are fraught with challenges. They have to handle frequent updates to the UI, and have a heavy reliance upon all downstream systems working in sync.

We also had to handle additional with the browser automation tool to our current, and overcome any in the application wherein minor changes could potentially lead to system failure. Building an automated UI testing framework required extensive research and collaboration. I sought out experienced guidance to determine project approach, conducted comprehensive research to cast a wide net, participated in thoughtful collaboration to determine framework requirements, and applied structured implementation to grade framework performance. Ultimately, I built three versions, duplicated a set of tests across all three and baked into each a different browser automation tool. The version of the framework with the non-Selenium based tool baked into it was the most performant. This blog post discusses the journey to building our automated UI testing framework, including lessons learned for others embarking on similar paths.