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Introduction:
Several open-source automation testing tools were popular in the software development and testing community. Keep in mind that the popularity of tools can change over time, and new tools may emerge.
There are several tools which are paid tools and there some tools which are open source and provide advantages like compatibility testing, multi language support. Here are some open-source automation testing tools that were in demand.
List Of Open Source Tools:
- Selenium:
- Selenium is a widely-used tool for automating web browsers. It supports multiple programming languages such as Java, Python, C#, Ruby, and more.
- it provide support for compatibility testing, testing of application on different browsers.
- Flavours of selenium: Selenium IDE, Selenium RC, selenium Webdriver, Selenium Grid.
- mostly used in Software industry, Selenium Java/ selenium Python
- Appium:
- Appium is an open-source tool for automating mobile applications on Android and iOS platforms. It supports native, hybrid, and mobile web applications.
- it is used to automate mobile applications.
- JUnit:
- JUnit is a popular testing framework for Java applications. It provides annotations to identify test methods and assertions for verifying expected results.
- TestNG:
- TestNG is another testing framework for Java, inspired by JUnit but with additional features. It supports parallel execution, data-driven testing, and more.
- it execute failed test cases seperately.
- it prepare reports which includes number of Test cases passed, failed and not executed.
- Annotations are easier to execute.
- test cases can be grouped more easily.
- Cucumber:
- Cucumber is a behavior-driven development (BDD) tool that allows the creation of test cases in plain language. It supports various programming languages such as Java, Ruby, and JavaScript.
- it uses different keywords gherkins, When, Given, Then, And.
- Jenkins:
- Jenkins is an open-source automation server that facilitates continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) processes. It supports building, testing, and deploying code.
- Robot Framework:
- Robot Framework is a generic open-source automation framework for acceptance testing and acceptance test-driven development (ATDD). It uses a keyword-driven approach.
- Apache JMeter:
- JMeter is an open-source performance testing tool designed to measure and analyze the performance of web applications. It can be used for load testing and stress testing.
- Gatling:
- Gatling is a scalable and open-source load testing framework. It is written in Scala and supports scripting in a user-friendly DSL (Domain-Specific Language).
- Postman:
- While initially known as a collaboration platform for API development, Postman also offers automated testing capabilities. It allows the creation of automated API tests.
- We can create collections, Environment. (Open source)
Conclusion:
Always check the official websites for the latest information and updates on these tools. Additionally, consider exploring new tools that may have emerged since last update.
For each tool there are some communities and to support that community we need to visit these tools official website and support them from our side. (Open source)