Codeless Test Automation is Irrational

Avoid this doomed-to-fail hype.

This article is one of the “IT Terminology Clarified” series.

Update (2022–08–27): new article “Katalon Codeless Test Automation vs Selenium WebDriver by Example” is available.

Since 2018, I have seen a few so-called “Test Automation Predictions” listed “Codeless Test Automation” as the trend forward. Oh well, it hasn’t happened. Frankly, I don’t think it will ever happen, because “Codeless Test Automation” is irrational. The people who promote this do not understand test automation at all.

Table of Contents
· Clarify ‘Codeless Test Automation’
· “Codeless Test Automation” is vague
· Why do some people hype “Codeless Test Automation”?
· Why “Codeless Test Automation” won’t work?
  ∘ Test Maintenance
  ∘ Test Execution with Quick Feedback
  ∘ Codeless does not address what it takes to succeed in automated testing
· Coding provides the flexibility that Test Automation needs
· Similar hypes failed before
· “Codeless Test Automation” is not FUN!
· Verify ‘Codeless Test Automation’ tool

Clarify ‘Codeless Test Automation’

“Test Automation” means driving the application with automated test scripts (as opposed to humans in manual testing). The special keyword…