Web test automation tools have evolved to a great extent in the last few years. The features now sync with Industry 4.0 and with the tools powered by AI and ML driving forces, which in turn have helped the QA engineers in automation testing, building efficient test automation frameworks. The customers eventually have high-quality products delivered to them.

Also, the new-age web test automation platforms are all Agile, Cloud, DevOps, DevSecOps, and cross-platform support enabled; allowing integration with the tools associated with the methodologies. And, the best part about the following modern web automation tools is that they are convenient to use and easy to learn. This has encouraged many manual testers to move towards skilling up in automation testing skills.

5 Modern Web Development Test Automation Tools to Use

The following five next-generation automation platforms are now enabling QA engineers to plan, design, execute, and maintain high-quality test suites in less time and with less effort.

Many of these modern tools offer either or both coded, and no-code automation development platforms. The coded platforms enable automation developers to choose amongst a plethora of programming languages. The no-code platforms are particularly useful for those who have no knowledge of programming languages, or for those QA engineers who are new to coding.

1. TestProject

TestProject is a free-forever usage test automation platform. It is cloud-enabled and powered by the test automation community from over a wide range of companies and users. The end-to-end test automation platform can be used for web-based testing. Apart from this, it can also be used for mobile and API testing. Their rich Add-On library holds a vast collection of internal and community AddOns. TestProject integrates with communication tools like Slack and DevOps/Agile associated tools such as Jenkins, JIRA, etc. It also works with tools like QTest, Genymotion, Browserstack, and more.

Test automation scripts can be easily and quickly built using AI-enabled Web Test Recorders. They offer support tests across a wide range of Operating systems from Linux, Windows, and Microsoft. The Self-Healing AI feature-capability saves time and effort instead of maintaining scripts manually. The visual test reports are an added advantage — presenting test results in numbers, graphs, etc.

The tool’s comprehensive range support offered by OpenSDK is worth mentioning too. Selenium and Appium are available inside it as one package for the three programming languages which are python, c#, and Java. The tool is easy to learn and is excellent for both beginners and experts. Those with zero programming language can also quickly learn and build comprehensive test suites easily. The UX of the tool is user-friendly.

2. Appium

Appium is an open-source, cross-platform test automation framework. The tool is driven by the WebDriver protocol, which is supported by the W3C. It also uses JSONWireProtocol.The WebDriver protocol is a set of open-source APIs which are used to automate web application testing on browsers. The same APIs can be used across iOS, Android, and Windows platforms.

The tool ensures that testing the native apps should not require the test automation developers to include an SDK, or require them to recompile the application. The team can continue to use their existing framework’s tools while using this framework. It is not locked into a specific language or framework, allowing one to write and run tests using PHP, Javascript, Java, Python, etc. while using your existing Dev tools and with the Selenium Web driver API and language-specific client libraries. For example, TestProject can be integrated with Appium.

3. Squish

Squish supports cross-platform Web GUI Testing. Parallelly, it supports desktop, mobile, embedded app testing. It holds the test script recording feature, enabled with robust object verification and identification capabilities with high-level interactions. The tool has a powerful IDE allowing a wide range of scripting capabilities in python, javascript, Perl, Ruby, and Tcl.

Squish also is embedded with the behavior-driven development feature, which can be used by business analysts and product owners to draft use case scenarios using the Gherkin syntax. It integrates with several test management tools such as HP ALM, TFM, RQM, etc., and DevOps, Agile support tools such as Cruise control, Jenkins, Bamboo, TeamCity, etc.

4. TestingWhiz

TestingWhiz is a test automation tool that doesn’t require you to code in order to build automation. Apart from web test automation, it can be used for mobile, cloud, web services, and API testing. It contains an intuitive automation engine. It requires the automation developer to create test cases on a keyword and data-driven structure, using JavaScript objects. The object internal eye recorder and visual recorder feature for record playback of scripts are powerful. Parallelly, it has an internal python editor to help you create or import python based scripts to enable out of the box AI/ML scenarios.

The tool supports cross-browser testing and can be integrated with BrowserStack and SauceLabs enabling it to do so in the cloud base. The tool can be integrated with tools such as JIRA or Mantis, and Test Management tools like HP QC, VSTS, etc. It supports CI, allowing teams to execute scripts on the server via Jenkins or Bamboo plugins. The logging and reporting functions are powerful as well.

5. MicroFocus UFT One

Microfocus UFT One is an AI functional end-to-end testing tool for the web. The tool uses inbuilt algorithms for synthetic data creation. The OCR and text analysis feature are powerful features. In addition, it can also be used for testing mobile apps, enterprise apps, and APIs. Its AI feature reduces the time required to build and maintain test scripts, ensuring high test coverage.

The cross-browser coverage and deployment of tests in the cloud with parallel testing are added advantages. The tool can be integrated with DevOps based tools as well. Reports are in PDF and easily shareable HTML reports. The tools Natural Language processing engine enables tests to be written in plain English, helping reduce time in creating test scripts. The tool can be easily integrated with the DevOps tools, enables CI/CD integration with tools such as Jenkins, Bamboo, and Azure DevOps, It also supports version control with Git, SubVersion, etc.

Conclusion

The new-age automation test tools have helped increase productivity, minimize human errors, optimize production costs, and eventually have helped QA engineers to direct their efforts towards non-repetitive tasks that make the best use of their creativity and cognitive abilities. Many web automation tools such as the ones mentioned in this article are making use of AI and ML, thus revolutionizing the way we are automating.

These tools are easy to use and help build scripts quickly, resulting in software dev projects achieving their test automation goals. All of these tools integrate seamlessly with the existing tools of an organization, making them easy to adopt. Modern era tools also have community support, hold discussion forums, conduct webinars, etc., eventually strengthening the QA community of automation developers.