The case behind this article aimed to complete a large-scale project in a short amount of time. Obviously, you just need to hire a lot of people, and then you have to make sure they don't hinder each other. The latter is the most complicated; there is no way to make it happen without a good technical approach — and that's what exactly we are going to talk about.
Our team has been working on a large mobile app for a major telecom company. The app has its "core" functionality (main use cases), and some extensions that offer additional use cases — but, essentially, the app can work without them. Further, we will refer to these extensions as "features."
Test Automation Tools for Desktop Applications: Boxed vs. Open Source
Software development practices change over time, and so does the test automation landscape. Today most applications are either web- or mobile-based. The test automation of such systems is well-described. There are some best practices, information-loaded conferences, good tools, and so on. However, we faced a lack of information regarding desktop testing automation, particularly for Windows 7+ apps.
Our task was to test such an application, given that the manual QA process would take more than a month. Here we share the pros and cons of discovered solutions, along with our experience and some best practices of the test automation process.