General questions

Instead of recording a component and referencing it via its “QF-Test ID”, with a SmartID you can reference the GUI-Element directy by its properties. For example, the SmartID ”#Button:label=OK” references a button with the label “OK”.

Thanks to this technology it becomes possible to reference components much more precisely and intuitively, regardless of the SUT.

SmartID – The next generation of component recognition

We are always working on improving component recognition in QF-Test. With QF-Test 6.0 we introduced a completely new paradigm: SmartID

Max Melzer

16/12/2022

However, experienced developers can also interact with QF-Test and your SUT at the script level at any time to develop even more powerful automations.

You can choose between purchasing a persistent license or a subscription license. All QF-Test licenses are “floating” within a network.

Prices

For examples, see our References page.

• Continuous Integration and build tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, Bamboo, Travis CI, Circle CI, TeamCity, Ant, Maven, CruiseControl
• Robot Framework: QF-Test procedures can easily be used as keywords
• Virtual desktops such as Citrix, VMware, VirtualBox
• Version control such as Git, SVN/Subversion, CVS, Mercurial
• Test management tools such as ALM/QualityCenter by MicroFocus/HP, TestBench by Imbus, QMetry, TestLink, IBM Rational Quality Manager
• JIRA and JIRA Plugins like TestRail, Zephyr, X-Ray, TM4J
• Keyword-driven/behavior-driven testing via our own approaches, Test management tools, Excel, Cucumber
• Data-driven Testing with Excel, CSV and all kinds of databases
• Error tracking with tools like Jira, MantisBT, and Bugzilla
• Load and performance tests via daemon mode or tools like NeoLoad

Applications under test may use any version of Java 8 or newer.

• Windows (Windows 11, Windows 10, Server 2022, Server 2019 and Server 2016): Test Java Swing, SWT, JavaFX, Web, Android and native Windows applications with QF-Test.
• Linux (Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, etc.): Test Java Swing, SWT, JavaFX, Android and Web applications with QF-Test.
• macOS: Test Java Swing, JavaFX, Android, iOS and Web applications with QF-Test.

Read more about support for specific JDK/SWT/Browser versions in the “Installation” chapter of the manual.

Easy to use

• Quickly create tests with capture and replay
• Easily find your way through QF-Test’s intuitive GUI
• No programming skills required: Compose complex, high-coverage tests with our tree interface.

Highly flexible

• QF-Test automatically adapts to changes in the UI of the application under test
• Intelligent recording and filtering
• Full access to recorded sequences
• Support for trees, tables and other widgets – even with dynamic content

Powerful

• Powerful algorithms for component recognition
• Optional advanced programming elements like loop constructs, ‘try/catch’, dependencies, and logical ‘if/else’ control structures, as well as variables and procedures for building modularized tests
• Text processing with regular expressions
• Full access to the Java API of the application under test
• Integrated scripting with Jython, Groovy and JavaScript
• XML/HTML based test reporting, including screenshots
• Command line batch processing

Well-documented

• Ships with an extensive manual (over 1,000 pages) including a user guide with many examples and a technical reference section
• The Tutorial assists you with getting started quickly, with many easy to understand test scenarios
• Includes dozens of example test suites
• Access our growing collection of video tutorials and workshops
• We share many tips and tricks on our Blog
• All our documentation and support resources are available in english and german

For detailed information on QF-Test versions, please refer to the releases page.

We – Quality First Software (QFS) – have been the independent developer and distributor behind QF-Test since 2001. Detailed information about QF-Test is available on our product page.