Why JavaScript Is Not a Suitable Language for Real Web Test Automation?
JavaScript is OK for developing apps, but not for functional test automation, where its audience is beyond programmers. Ruby is a far better choice.
This article is one of the “Be aware of Fake Test Automation/DevOps Engineers” series.
I know many JavaScript programmers/testers won’t like the title of this article. However, this is the truth from my over 15 years of observation while working in test automation. Some would argue that JS-based test automation frameworks are gaining popularity. Yes, it might be true. However, when you take the fact that most test automation failed, this recent popularity of JS-based test automation frameworks does not mean much at all.
“95% of the time, 95% of test engineers will write bad GUI automation just because it’s a very difficult thing to do correctly. ”
— Alan Page (author of ‘How We Test Software at Microsoft’ book) in an interview ‘Testing Lessons Learned at Microsoft with Alan Page’ (2015–03–17)
