Test Automation for Non-Functional Testing


What is non-functional testing?

The platform of non-functional testing verifies security issues, system robustness, response time and so forth. Non-functional testing aims at making the product user-friendly and answering customer needs. Performance, usability, security etc., are some of the crucial aspects considered in non-functional testing. There are specific software test automation tools that are used to execute non-functional testing.

Accessibility testing, stress testing, load testing etc., are some of the testing types that come under the umbrella of non-functional testing.

 
The strategic relevance of test automation in non-functional testing:

Usually, it is quite difficult to carry out non-functional testing. For example, the manual tester will find it difficult to handle a scenario wherein multiple users are logging in at the same time. A number of resources are required to accomplish this task and upon that desired results will not be achieved and it will be a time-consuming process. Hence, the inclusion of automation testing tools comes into perspective as it helps in leveraging non-functional testing activities.

 

Following are a few of the key non-functional automation tools:

1.LoadRunner: It is a performance testing tool that supports scripts from both Selenium and JMeter by declaring an interface library. It can be used both as a unit and integration testing tool. It provides a trial version wherein a certain number of users can use this tool. 

 

2. JMeter: It is one of the popular performance testing tools written in JAVA. It is a platform-independent and open-source testing tool. This tool can be easily integrated with Selenium.  It can also be used as a unit testing tool.

 

3. LoadTracer: It is another key performance testing tool that is built using 'C' language. It is freely available.

 

4. WebLOAD professional: It comes with various pricing plans and is considered one of the best performance testing tools. When it comes to the free trial version, a limited number of users can use this tool. It supports Perfecto mobile and Selenium.

 

5. NeoLoad: This non functional testing tool is written in JAVA and is considered ideal for carrying out performance testing activities. The existing Selenium scripts that are written in JAVA are also supported by this tool. 

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