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.
Comments
Post a Comment