TestComplete - The Only Automated Testing Suite I've Used
July 28, 2017
TestComplete - The Only Automated Testing Suite I've Used
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with TestComplete
Testcomplete is only used by our R&D Team within our SQA Group. We currently have two users of Testcomplete, and one previous user on our development team. We use Testcomplete to automate certain tests that are either very repetitive or difficult for our analysts to test. By combining Testcomplete, Testexecute, and Windows Powershell, we have a set of overnight tests we run during our regression testing and performance tests that are run periodically throughout development. We are currently creating tests for our new mobile app that integrates with our desktop application.
- A very low entry point, with a very high skill ceiling - It doesn't take a lot to get started in Testcomplete and I feel like I'm always learning a new use or function that I hadn't thought of or knew before.
- Feedback - The live debugging in script creation is very useful and it's very rare that I have a test fail and Testcomplete does not give me a descriptive enough answer to correct the issue.
- A large tool set - There are a large number of features that can be used to aid in the automation process. Testcomplete has different wizards and object tools that allow me to tailor the creation process to how I want it to be.
- Occasional crashes - sometimes a recorded test can cause the application to crash if it is too large for the system it's running on.
- Missing sort/search functionality in some places - There are some places where you can only search one field when there are multiple being displayed. It makes it difficult to find script files when I'm adding them as a test item.
- High skill ceiling - while I listed this as a positive, it can sometimes be daunting moving into an area that has a ton of options or variables that you can change with very little description next to the options.
- Sped up our testing cycle and allows our analysts to focus on difficult and new areas
- Gave the development team a better look at how their changes affect the performance of our product
- We were able to find bugs in our software that we would not have found otherwise
I have not personally used any other type of test automation software. We have had very few issues with TestComplete, and while using TestComplete, we have not had a reason or need to move to a different product. We have even looked at other software created by SmartBear to manage all of our tests, manual and automated.