Tosca Automation Tools

Tricentis Tosca is a software testing tool that is used to automate end-to-end testing for software applications. It is developed by Tricentis. Tosca combines multiple aspects of software testing to test GUIs and APIs from a business perspective.

Tosca is an enterprise tool because it is suitable to use in large scale applications. The tool comes with a certain price but provides an equal number of features to enjoy. Tosca has gained a lot of attention because it offers a good balance between performance and quality. 

What is the use of the Tosca Tool?

Every automation testing tools comes with both advantages of disadvantages. Hence, it is essential for testers to explore multiple tools to find the best option in the market. 

Tosca automation tool is one of the best and popular automated testing tools. It is highly used in large scale applications to find effective results. Most of the testers in automotive industries, Metal and Mining industries,  Financial and education industries prefer using Tosca because of its user-friendly features.

Benefits of Tosca Tool :

• Deliver fast feedback for Agile and DevOps
• Suitable for large scale operations
• Reasonably Priced
• Regular Updates
• Maximize reuse and maintainability
• Multiple Features in One Tool
• No Scripting Required
• Supports Multiple Platforms
• Quality Vendor Support
• Easy to Use Interface
• Tosca is one of the best agile test management tool because it provides many features.

Tosca VS Selenium: 

Tosca	Selenium
Tosca is less popular than Selenium.	Selenium is highly popular as an automation testing tool among the companies of all sizes.
Scripting is not required for Tosca.	Multiple scripts are needed for Selenium.
Tosca is a paid tool.	Selenium is a free tool.
Tosca is used mostly by the diversified financial services industry followed by the automotive, metals and mining, airlines, and education services industries.	Selenium is used mostly by the internet software and services industry followed by Professional Services, diversified financial services, media, and communications
The type of automation is model-based for Tosca.	The type of automation is code-based for Selenium.
The ease of adoption and ease of maintenance are very high for Tosca.	The ease of adoption and ease of maintenance are low for Selenium when compared with Tosca.
The re-usability of test data and artefacts is low for Selenium.	The re-usability of test data and artefacts is high for Tosca when compared with Selenium.
Tosca has a dedicated support for deployment and adoption.	Selenium lacks dedicated support for deployment and adoption.

Appium: Mobile Testing

Appium is a free open-source test automation framework for testing native & hybrid apps and mobile web apps. It drives iOS and Android apps using the WebDriver protocol and supports automation test on physical devices as well as an emulator or simulator.

Appium supports all programming languages that have Selenium client libraries like Java, JavaScript with node.js, PHP, Ruby, Python, C#, etc.

It has NO dependency on Mobile device OS. Because APPIUM has framework or wrapper that translate Selenium Web-driver commands into UIAutomation (iOS) or UIAutomator (Android) commands depending on the device type, not any OS type.

Advantages of Appium:

• It supports both Android and iOS
• Allows testers to use real devices, emulator and simulators
• It is free and open source
• Enable testers to automate apps without adding extra components
• It has a very well supported and active Google group
• It is in the Selenium web driver spec so should be future proof

Disadvantages of Appium:

• Does not support older versions of android
• No support for intelligent waits
• On iOS, you can only execute one test at a time per Mac
• Limited support for gestures

Prerequisite to use Appium:

1. The prerequisites to use Appium is Java SDK (minimum 1.6)
2. Download and install JDK and JRE from Oracle JavaSE
3. Download Android Studio
4. Before initializing the Appium Server, Node.js must be pre-installed on the system
5. Download any programming language  

Robotic Process Automation

Mimicking human actions to perform a sequence of steps that lead to a meaningful activity, without any human intervention is known as Robotic Process Automation (RPA).

Robotic process automation (RPA) occurs when basic tasks are automated through software or hardware systems that function across a variety of applications, just as human workers do. RPA software is designed to reduce the burden of repetitive, simple tasks on employees.

Robotic process automation (RPA) refers to software that can be easily programmed to do basic, repetitive tasks across applications. RPA creates and deploys a software robot with the ability to launch and operate other software.

Relation between Test Automation and RPA:

Automation is key link which is similar in both Software Test Automation and Robotic Process Automation. In both scenarios, the main objective is to complete redundant work faster and by eliminating human error. They help reduce FTE (Full Time Equivalent).

However there are certain differences as well. Test Automation needs to be applied to a product, it has to be implemented via different environments and it's also limited to a set of users.

On other hand, Robotic Process Automation can be applied to business processes and product. It only needs a production environment and can be used by all individuals in a team.

Benefits of RPA:

Top RPA tools:

• WorkFusion
• AutomationEdge
• BluePrism
• Automation Anywhere
• UiPath
• AnotherMonday
• Kofax