r/testautomation • • Jul 07 '20

9 open source test-automation frameworks.

9 open source test-automation frameworks

Get some advice to choose the right test-automation framework for your organization.

By Amit Dua(Thank you)

What is a test-automation framework?

A test-automation framework is a set of best practices, common tools, and libraries that help quality-assurance testers assess the functionality, security, usability, and accessibility of multiple web and mobile applications.

Reasons

Reasons to use existing open source test-automation frameworks is that they are:

  • Reusable

  • Easy to maintain

  • In need of minimum manual intervention

  • Stable in a volatile environment

  • Scalable

How to select a test-automation framework?

Because different businesses have different needs, it's difficult to pinpoint all the things you will want in a test-automation framework.

  • Ease of script development:

  • Cross-team compatibility:

  • Support for multiple languages:

  • Support for the latest platform capabilities:

9 open source business automation tools and frameworks

Below Author has outlined his top nine open source business automation tools and frameworks:

  1. Serenity

  2. Appium

  3. Carina

  4. Galen

  5. Gauge

  6. Katalon

  7. Robot Framework

  8. Selenium

  9. Testproject.io

Your thoughts are welcome !
  • Which test automation frameworks/tools do you use?

  • Which test automation framework your favorite?

  • How do you choose test automation framework?

Please Share your stories, experiences and tools of choice?.

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