Capture Playback testing tools
- http://www.autotester.com AutoTesterInc?. makes automated testing tools for Windows and OS/2 applications. Builds structured, object-oriented tests as applications are performed. Supports variables and external test-case data, conditional branching, with both text and bitmap data comparisons.
- http://www.btree.com B-Tree Systems, Inc. makes B-Tree, an automated capture/playback tool.
- http://www.compuware.com Compuware makes automated software test tools for mainframe (Hiperstation and Playback) and client/server (QA Center) systems. Supported mainframe environments include CICS, IMS, VTAM, and TSO. Windows, Unix, and OS/2 are supported for client/server systems. Includes Playback test management, which facilitates overall test planning and control.
- http://www.mercury.com Mercury Interactive makes WinRunner, LoadRunner? and other tools for the client/server environment.
- http://www.qestest.com QES makes QES Architect, QES/Manager, QES/EZ for text, GUI/EZ for GUI, and QES/RunEZ.
- http://www.rational.com Rational Software has in the past couple of years acquired several leading test tools, including SQA Suite (Team Test, Load Test, SQA Process), Microsoft Test, preVue, and the line of tools formerly from Pure Atria.
- http://www.segue.com Segue Software, Inc. makes Segue Quality Works, Segue QualityWorks?, is an automated software testing solution that validates all components of client/server applications--across multiple platforms and releases, completely unattended, with one set of reusable scripts. QualityWorks? includes Segue's GO! automatic testing product, QA Partner testing system, QA Organizer for test planning and management, and QA Radar for defect tracking.
- http://www.sbridge.com Softbridge, Inc. makes the Automated Test Facility (ATF) for the automated testing of multiuser client/server applications from a PC. Supports Windows 3.1,Windows NT, Windows 95, and OS/2. Used for functional, multiuser, business process workflow, regression, stress, integration, load, performance, and limit testing.
- http://www.soft.com Software Research, Inc. makes e-Valid for Web testing, STW/Regression and STW/Regression for Windows, a suite of regression tools or part of TestWorks? multiplatform testing tools suite. Automates and manages the execution and verification of tests on both text and GUI-based applications.
- http://www.worksoft.com Worksoft makes Certify, a full life-cycle test automation tool for organizing, planning, defining, performing and analyzing tests. Certify is a cross-platform tool that spans web, client/server and mainframe applications.
- http://www.badboy.com.au Badboy Software makes Badboy which gives web based capture/replay capability in addition to result validation and performance testing features. Capable of automating complex dynamic web sites through use of script variables. Free for small users.
Are any free?
I think it is a mistake to characterize these as "capture-replay" tools. While several of these tools include capture-replay facilities, they generally have scripting languages as well, and significant work is invested in writing testing frameworks for them. BretPettichord has a ton of material on this at his website. The goal of the testing framework is usually to preserve test maintainability in the face of UI change. Hans Buwalda's work on TestFrame? (and a successor that I think is in development at Logigear, www.logigear.com) is an example of an approach that is UI level but definitely not capture-replay. I believe that Certify is another example.
-- CemKaner
See TestingThruTheGuiIsMadness
CategoryTesting
Capture Playback