Automation Tests with Katalon

Oluwadamilola Akintomide
Nov 1 · 2 min read

Hello all, so it’s Wednesday and I thought to give a 1 min to 2 min low down on our Automation tests with katalon.

Katalon is a tool used to Automate test scripts. So basically all your manual tests, mostly regression tests but other kinds of tests, can be done easily by automating them.

I started using katalon and doing more on Automation earlier in January and it was a tad bit frustrating because there was not much coverage in the aspect of discussions or solutions to issues I was facing.

Katalon uses Selenium Webdriver and does the record and play for automating web pages. So just to say, it uses both Selenium Webdriver and Selenium IDE (record and play).

Okay let me break it down because that did not seem very explanatory lol

Katalon has a record and play feature that allows testers/ developers to record the flow of a webpage they want to test on a browser and later save it for subsequent tests. A test flow is usually a test script already planned out for the webpage before recording.

Katalon also has a scripting aspect where basic programming using Selenium in Java can get added. If you’re reading this then I am guessing you have an idea of what Selenium is, but let me put it into writing, Selenium is a free (open source) automated testing suite for web applications across different browsers and platforms. Selenium focuses on automating web-based applications. (Google, you’re welcome lol)

In katalon, we can create Test scripts, Test collections (they are suites containing several test scripts that can be automated as one test) and get reports based on a test.

This has been fun and I cannot wait for you guys to join me next time.

Please add comments or questions below. I would love to respond and also learn from everyone

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