Top 10 Web Functional/Regression Testing Tools and their list

Functionality, behaviour, usability and security of websites/web applications are some rising concerns that are bothering enterprises across sectors. Appropriate testing tools help you eliminate bugs within shorter cycles and get your web application functional and market ready.

Most of the bugs occur due to functional issues within the website/web application. Below are some select web functional/regression testing tools for your quick reference.

1. Selenium
Selenium is an acclaimed and popular automated testing suite amongst testers these lately. It has been designed to support and boost Test Automation for testing the functional aspects of the web applications across a diverse range of browsers and platforms.
The suite comprises 4 basic components namely, Selenium IDE, Selenium RC, WebDriver, Selenium Grid. The WebDriver directly communicates with the web browser and uses its native compatibility to automate.
Official websiteSelenium
2. TestCafe v14.1.3
It is a web testing framework that tests all web applications across Windows, MacOS, and Linux OS. It is popularly used for web application testing and generates clear and simple tests. It uses browsers that support HTML5 for recording and can run functional tests across Windows, Mac and Linux, and on remote computers.
For mobile devices it can run tests on iPhone, iPad, Android and Windows Phone. Additionally, it can simultaneously execute tests across multiple browsers and machines.
Official Website:  TestCafe v14.1.3
3. CasperJS v1.1-beta3
It is an easy to use open source navigation tool for Windows, MacOS, and Linux OS, used for scripting & testing the PhantomJS and SlimerJS (Gecko) with the help of its useful and valuable functions, methods and syntactic sugar, written in Java script language. Basically, it works for forms, links, page screenshot, remote DOM, events sign-in process, etc. Also, downloads binary and other resources, writes functional test suites and save it in a JUnit XML format.
Official WebsiteCasperJS v1.1-beta3
4. Screenster
Screenster is an UI based functional and regression testing tool to test web applications and can work across all Windows OS that require all major browsers and Java6 or high. While operating it takes screenshots at every step and compares them to the baseline, enables verification and further provides complete access to Selenium API whenever required.
It is an UI based functional and regression testing tool for web applications, works on all Windows OS that requires all major browsers and Java6 or high. A very good screen validator uses to give 10x productivity without a single line of code. During operation, it takes screenshot on each and every step and compares them to baseline, permits verification of changes or lack of changes to UI, provides full access to Selenium API when needed
Official websiteScreenster
5. SoapUI
It is a cross-platform free open-source functional testing tool written in Java language for service-oriented architectures (SOA) and representational state transfers (REST). It offers user-friendly interface with multiple features used for API testing that facilitates easy and speedy performance of functional/regression and load testing.
Its commercial version (SoapUI Pro) is particularly used to test functionality of the application. It supports all protocols and technologies connected to the particular application.
Official WebsiteSoapUI
6. Sahi
An open-source cross-platform web application testing tool that is scripted in Java and JavaScript, and released under an Open-Source Apache License 2.0. It is used to test multiple browser applications under web 2.0.
It identifies elements easily and works on applications that include dynamic ids and applications developed by using ExtJS, ZK, Dojo, YUI, etc.
Official WebsiteSahi

7. Web Application Testing in .Net (Watin)
It is a cross-platform web application testing tool and its latest version is 2.1 that is developed in C# language. With influence of Watir, Watin was used to test a web application that was written in .Net in December 2005.
8. Web Application Testing in Ruby (Watir)
It is an open-source (BSD) cross-platform testing tool that is easy to use and offers flexible automation tool with Ruby libraries for web browser automation. Though it is loaded Ruby libraries, it also supports application scripted in any language and enables you to link with databases, export XML files, read files and spreadsheets, and synchronize code as reusable libraries.
It works across Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Opera and Safari browsers in the same ways.
Official Website: Watir
9. HP Lean Functional Testing (LeanFT)
HP’s LeanFT tool is a robust and resourceful functional testing solution built particularly for continuous testing and continuous integration. It is used for functional, regression, service testing, and helps developers & testers to collaborate effectively in building high-quality software/applications. The tool automates testing with an in-built, visual user experience that ties manual, automated, and framework-based testing together in one IDE.
It further helps reduce costs and complexities related to the functional testing process to build continuous quality. LeanFT helps you automate user actions on web or client based applications. It creates and executes tests on Mac, Linux or Windows platforms. It is considered to be a developer friendly framework that helps create robust and reusable Selenium tests with its tools – Object Identification Center and Objects locators and utilities. The tool if implemented effectively can build continuous quality and save costs.
Official WebsiteLeanFT
10. Ranorex
It is a Windows based GUI testing tool by Ranorex GmbH for testing desktop, web and mobile based applications that can handle testing for any dynamic GUI application.
It tests functionality of the application that involves both the tester and developer. This encourages reliable and distributed testing to detect bugs efficiently. It also supports technologies, namely, .NET, Winforms, WPF, Java, SAP, HTML5, Flash, Flex, Silverlight, iOS, Android, Windows Apps (Native/Hybrid), etc.
It can be used by bigger organizations and small testing teams too.
Official Website: Ranorex

Post author by Senior QA Nazeer

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