The Best Free Automation Testing Course Tools For Desktop Application Testing (2022)

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Here are the top 16 free desktop application Automation Testing Course tools, updated for 2021, in case it applies to you. (First published in 2019)
INDEX
1. WinAppDriver
2. Winium
3. Framework in white
4. Jubula
5. Pywinauto
6. Testing Oracle Application Suite
7. SikuliX
8. FlaUI
9. AutoIt
10. ZAPTEST
11. AirTest
12. Appium
13. Robot Framework
14. Nexial
15. Karate
16. RoboJs
WinAppDriver
The Windows implementation of Appium to automate Windows applications was created by Microsoft employee Yousef Durr.
A service called Windows Application Driver enables Selenium-style UI test automation for Windows applications.
This service accompanies
• Universal Windows Platform testing (UWP)
• Foundation for Windows Presentation (WPF)
• Forms in Windows (WinForms)
• Windows 10 computers can run old Windows (Win32) programmes.
The JSON Wire Protocol standard and several application management features ...
... outlined by Appium are both adhered to by the Windows Application Driver.
Winium
A Selenium Remote WebDriver implementation called Winium.Desktop is used to automate testing of Windows applications built on the WinForms and WPF platforms.
They state the following in the "Why Winium?" part of their website:
• For testing web applications, you have Selenium WebDriver and
• For testing iOS and Android apps, use Appium.
Additionally, you now have tools for testing Windows programmes that are built on Selenium. What are a few of the advantages? According to Appium, you can create tests using your preferred dev tools and any language that is WebDriver-compatible, such as:
• Java,
• Objective-C
• Using JavaScript and Node.js (in promise, callback, or generator flavors),
• PHP,
• Python
• Ruby
• C#
• Clojure
• or Perl using language-specific client libraries and the Selenium WebDriver API.
White Framework
A free library from Test Stack is called White. It has a more limited focus than CodedUI and only targets desktop apps rather than Web applications. White and CodedUI are both based on Microsoft's UI Automation Library.
This is an important tool for anyone who need to test such technologies because there aren't many test automation solutions that can handle software testing.NET applications. White is very simple to use once you get it.
Jubula
Jubula tests utilise industry-best principles for software development to guarantee the automated tests' long-term maintainability.
Pywinauto
It describes itself as a GUI automation library designed specifically for Windows GUI and built in pure Python. Simpler mouse and keyboard actions can be sent to dialogues and controls on both Windows and Linux, but more advanced text-based actions are currently only supported on Windows (Linux AT-SPI support is under development).
Oracle Application Testing Suite
Develops Oracle-based software a lot for your team?
A number of integrated tools are included in the Oracle Application Testing Suite (OATS), which can aid with Oracle Functional Testing for Web application regression testing and Oracle Load Testing for performance testing of your Oracle packaged solutions.
The quality, scalability, and availability of your Web applications, Web services, packaged Oracle Applications, and Oracle databases are ensured by Oracle's Application Testing Suite, according to Oracle, which is a comprehensive, integrated testing solution.
You can define and manage your application testing process, verify application functionality, and make sure your apps will run well under load with the help of this comprehensive, full lifecycle solution.
You may deploy your Web apps and Web Services more quickly using the Application Testing Suite while also maximising the effectiveness of your testing team.
The Oracle Application Testing suite includes a number of integrated products to assist with Oracle Functional Testing for web application regression testing and Oracle Load Testing for Oracle packaged solution performance testing.
SikuliX
SikuliX can assist in automating whatever you see on the desktop version of Windows, Mac, or some Linux/Unix operating systems. SikuliX leverages OpenCV's image recognition technology to recognise and manage GUI elements.
I thought it would be good to make a brief movie to show how simple it is to get started with SikuliX after chatting with Raimund.
FlaUI
An aid for automated test scripts for Windows user interface programmes (Win32, WinForms, WPF, Store Apps) is the.NET library FlaUI. One of the TestStack maintainers was responsible for the creation of FlaUI. White discovered that maintaining and updating White's codebase was a nightmare.
You might want to test FlaUI before White if you are a C#SDET.

AutoIt
A freeware programming language modelled after BASIC called AutoIt v3 is intended for general scripting and automating the Windows GUI.When I first authored this essay, I noted that Selenium is often used with AutoIt to handle non-browser windows that come up during an automated test workflow. I also noted that this is not the most robust automated test management platform.
ZAPTEST
Until I saw that ZAPTEST now has a free edition, I had only heard about this programme but had never used it.
Any GUI-based programme can be tested automatically with ZAPTEST. If you're searching for cross-operating system support, it also supports any environment, making it a very adaptable solution.
AirTest
An open-source test automation tool called AirTest is designed for challenging-to-automate software, such games.
It should come as no surprise that NetEase, one of the biggest gaming developers in the world, created it.
Appium
Although that is one of its principal applications, the chief architect and father of the beloved current Appium
Jonathan Lipps reminded me that WinAppDriver and Appium4Mac are included in Appium and can be used to automate Mac desktop programmes.
Robot Framework
An open-source automation framework for all purposes is called Robot Framework. It provides plugins for automation testing in addition to web applications.
Converging Kafka,
library for evaluating JavaFX programmes
3270 IBM Mainframe,
SSH
REST
SOAP
Java FX programmes
Web Start Java applications
a testing library for the SAPGUI client
MQTT library for Swing GUI testing of Java apps
Automated UI Testing with AltUnity Tester
Automating desktop Unity applications is necessary.
For Unity teams, AltUnity Test is an open-source UI test automation tool. It can assist you in visually inspecting and programmably managing the objects in your Unity-based games and applications. You can conduct your tests inside the Unity Editor or on actual devices.
Nexial
Prior to someone mentioning Nexial in the comments, I had never even heard of it.
Using a keyword-driven methodology, it enables you to automate for web (Selenium), desktop, database, API, and much more. Try it out and tell me what you think.
Karate
Since I originally examined Karate as an API testing tool back in 2017, it has advanced significantly.
It now supports desktop automation in addition to API, Web, and Performance Testing support!
Peter Thomas, the Karate Robot's designer, directed me to the Karate Robot Windows installation manual to enable this capability. You will be able to automate Windows-based programmes once they have been installed and set up.
RobotJs
Do you adore working exclusively with Node.js when developing software? Perhaps the ideal desktop automation tool is sorobotjs. As far as I can tell, it appears to be the sole Desktop Automation Library for Node.js.
Conclusion
The list of Automation Testing Certifications mentioned in this blog, is by no means exhaustive. The point to remember is that there is no one specific tool which can be regarded as being superior over the rest. The choice of a specific UI Automation Tool should be governed by practical considerations as those mentioned in the blog.