Automatically create test cases for web page?

Question

If someone has a webpage, the usual way of testing the web site for user interaction bugs is to create each test case by hand and use selenium.

Is there a tool to create

Answer 1

You can look at a paid product. That type of technology is not being developed as open source and will probably cost a bit. Some of the major test tools get closer to this, but full auto I have not heard of.

If this was the case the role of QA Engineer and especially Automation Engineer would not be as important and the jobs would spike downwards pretty quickly. I would imagine that if such a tool was out there that it would be breaking news to the entire industry and be world wide.

If you go down the artificial intelligence path this is possible in theory and concept, however, usually artificial intelligence development efforts costs more than the app being developed that needs the testing, so...that's not going to happen.

The best to do at this point is separate out as much of the maintenance into a single section from the rest so you limit the maintenance headache when modyfying and keep a core that stays the same. I usually focus on control manipulation as generic and then workflow and specific maps and data change. That will allow it to function against any website...but you still have to write/update the tests and maintain the maps.