Web UI automation testing enables you to verify and validate the UI components of various web-based applications.
Below are a few tools that can be used for any professional automation framework:
- Selenium
- Cypress
- TestComplete
- AutoIT
- Katalon Studio
- NUnit
- RanoRex
- BrowserStack
Additionally, below are the best practices to consider while automating a web application:
- Select right tool as per business requirement
- Availability of smoke test & regression test suites
- Select correct framework model
- Use dynamic waits
- Use proper naming conventions
- Follow extensive logging & reporting protocols
- Implement proper checkpoints/assertions
- Test cases should be independent
Challenges faced with automated web UI testing:
- Handling Captcha's/OTPs in application
- OS level alerts
- False Positive & Negative Results
- Synchronizing Events
- ROI