http://qatestlab.com/ There are many various automated testing programs meant for different testing activities on the market. Capture/playback tools are among the most commonly applied during mobile application testing, desktop testing or web site testing. They are often used during functional testing.

1. What Are Advantages
and Weaknesses of a
Capture/Playback Tool?
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E-mail: contact (at) qa-testlab.com
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There are many various automated testing programs meant
for different testing activities on the market.
Capture/playback tools are among the most commonly
applied during mobile application testing, desktop testing or
web site testing. They are often used during functional
testing.
What Are Advantages and Weaknesses of a
Capture/Playback Tool?

3. What Are Advantages and Weaknesses of a
Capture/Playback Tool?
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Capture/playback mechanism notes every keystroke and
mouse motion of a tester working with the software.
On the basis of these records the instrument creates code
that can reproduce the tester’s actions. Testing programs
written in such way can be useful for some testing activities.
But in most cases scripts written by the instruments must be
altered in order to become appropriate for the project.

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Testing Programs Created by a
Capture/Playback Instrument Have
Certain Weaknesses:
often they are not reusable;
they use data entered by a tester, such
data may be difficult to code and hard to
change if needed.
often they are difficult to maintain;
What Are Advantages and Weaknesses of a
Capture/Playback Tool?

5. Office in Ukraine
Phone: +380 (472) 5-61-6-51
E-mail: contact (at) qa-testlab.com
Address: 154a, Borschagivska str.,
Kiev, Ukraine
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A software testing company does not recommend to rely
only on this method performing web site testing desktop
testing or mobile testing. Automation of many tests
requires other approaches.
It is known that testing efforts are most effective if black-
box testing, gray-box testing and white-box testing are
combined. It is impossible to automate all the tests
applying only capture/playback tool. Besides some tests
it is impossible to automate and they must be executed
by hand.
What Are Advantages and Weaknesses of a
Capture/Playback Tool?

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