Fifth Generation Scriptless and Advanced Test Automation Technologies

By Jeff Hinz, CTO, TESTars Test Competence Centre.with Martin Gijsen, Principal Test Automation Architect, DeAnalist.nlReviewed for accuracy by Christopher J. Scharer, Director VIVIT Worldwide and Maurice Siteur, Managing Consultant, in Testing, Capgemin
Explaining fourth generation test automation Jeff wrote a whitepaper to get clients knowledgeable in basic test automation principles. For those needingan introduction to the basics of test automation please refer to the white paper Jeff wrote addressing the subject, Test Automation Awarenessi. To understand advanced test automation, it is important to understand the progression/evolution of test automation approaches

1st Generation – Record and Playback

                                      

2nd Generation – Use/reuse of functions in test scripts

3rd Generation – Data Driven scripts/functions

4th Generation – Action word (keyword) scripts/func.

5th Generation – Scriptless Automation