Manual Testing Vs. Automation Testing

Manual Testing:  This is traditional method of testing manually to test the software against requirements. Testers simulates the end-user testing.

Automation Testing: This is run through scripts and can be repeated over and over again. It reduces the testing effort and cost The script simulates the end-user testing.


Automation Testing tools:

• QTP - HP
• Java-Selenium - Open Source
• IBM Rational - IBM
• Visual Studio Test Professional by MicroSoft
• TestComplete
• TestPartner
• SOA Test
• WinRunner
• LoadRunner
• SilkTest

While QTP and other tools involved license cost, Java Selenium is Open-Source which is widely used.

Selenium is a portable software testing framework for web applications. Selenium provides a record/playback tool for authoring tests without learning a test scripting language. It includes features like record and playback, intelligent field selection, Xpath as needed, auto complete for all common selenium commands, walk through tests, debug and set breakpoints, Java Support, or other formats, support for selenium user-extensions file, option to automatically assert the title of every page etc. 

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