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Craig Risi
May 19, 20235 min read
The Pros and Cons of different UI automation test tools - Robot Framework
The last few open-source testing tools that I’ve looked at have been primarily built around Java or Node.JS-related technologies – even...

Craig Risi
Apr 28, 20235 min read
The Pros and Cons of different UI automation test tools - Appium
The majority of the last open-source testing tools I’ve written about have been primarily web focused. Appium though is different as it...


Craig Risi
Apr 13, 20234 min read
The Pros and Cons of different UI automation test tools - Puppeteer
In my previous post, we spoke about one of the most exciting newcomers to the UI automation game in Playwright. Today, I want to briefly...


Craig Risi
Mar 31, 20235 min read
The Pros and Cons of different UI automation test tools - Playwright
There are many other popular open-source testing tools out there, but I thought I would next tackle one of the newer, but fastest-growing...


Craig Risi
Mar 17, 20234 min read
The Pros and Cons of different UI automation test tools - Cypress
For a long-time Selenium was the only open-source automation tool that could compete well enough with the bigger, commercial tools,...


Craig Risi
Mar 10, 20235 min read
The Pros and Cons of different UI automation test tools - Selenium
In this next part of my blog series on testing tools, we are looking at Selenium. Perhaps one of the most well-known and widely used...


Craig Risi
Feb 24, 20235 min read
The Pros and Cons of different UI automation test tools - Tosca
In my last post, I started looking at the different pros and cons of UI Automation tools, starting with UFT. Today, I will look at...

Craig Risi
Feb 17, 20237 min read
The Pros and Cons of different UI automation test tools - UFT
I want to write a few articles looking at the different automation tools on the market and dissecting them as best as possible for the...


Craig Risi
Feb 11, 202310 min read
Tips for evaluating testing tools
I started this year with a series on testing tools with an article titled Forget about Finding the perfect testing tool. In it, I made...


Craig Risi
Jan 27, 20234 min read
Writing Automated Accesibility Tests for the ARIA framework
I want to do some write-ups on different testing tools. Because even if though I believe in being tool agnostic, tools are still an...

Craig Risi
Jan 6, 20238 min read
Forget about finding the perfect testing tool
In the software testing world, there is a lot of debate around testing tools. Whether it be the merits of Selenium vs Cypress vs...
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