For the development and execution of automated test-cases for our customer (HP / HP OpenView Software) a test tool was to be selected which had to be well-suited to testing of JAVA GUI applications. The requirements that had to be met are:
Unfortunately, many of the well known tools of the more renowned vendors met only parts of the requirements. Especially remarkable during the evaluation was QF-Test's ability to run tests on different platforms. The standard recognition of graphical components is already very powerful. By making use of the Name- and ItemResolver extension API it should be possible - even in intractable situations (none or inconsistent Object.Names) - to create ea robust test-case that will run reliably even in localized environments.
One can see clearly that the features of QF-Test have been implemented very practically. Only thereby is it possible to very efficiently create test-cases, which - during the usual changes of software throughout its life-cycle (a number of years in the current case!) - can always be adapted to the latest version with low maintenance overhead. Additionally, QF-Test's plugin interface opens the way for integration into the existing distributed test framework so that development of a lot more complex test-cases should be possible.
Therefore, QF-Test came off as the definite winner of the evaluation. The fact, that its license and support costs for development and execution were the lowest wasn't even taken into account.
