Test Automation for Internet Explorer

Question

Are there any tools to automate GUI testing for Internet Explorer? I already use Selenium for Mozilla Firefox, but I also need a tool for IE.

Answer 1

* UPDATE *

Selenium Web Driver is the successor to Selenium RC.

So the answer still has to use Selenium in one form or another. It can be any of the supported frameworks .

Personally, I would use Protractor (useful not only for Angular applications), or Leadfoot (from the Intern.io project).

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* ORIGINAL RECOMMENDATION *

If you are already using Selenium, I would use Selenium Remote Control

Answer 2

You can use selenium for IE Explorer. I do not know if there is a plugin, but this should not stop you. You will get many benefits from using the same testing tool in all browsers, so I think you will be better off learning how to use selenium with IE Explorer, rather than trying to re-implement all your tests in another tool

Answer 3

There is WatiN . I have had decent success using it with IE.

http://watin.sourceforge.net

Answer 4

You can also use the automated testing tools for the Microsoft Test Manager user interface included with Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate. Check out http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd286726.aspx

Answer 5

TestPlan can use the Selenium server server and works with both FireFox and Internet Explorer. It can also work without a browser (HTMLUnit) so that you can quickly copy the main tests and not suffer from the overhead of downloading the browser. Once it basically works, you test it against the browser.

Answer 6

Perhaps you are after something like this: http://triflejs.org/ (currently in beta)

Its IE port is phantomjs for running headless UI tests ... basically an alternative to WebDriver, but using javascript files instead of Java / NET compiled code.

If you combine TrifleJS (IE), PhantomJS (Webkit: Chrome + Safari) and SlimerJS (Firefox) you can run headless tests in all normal browser environments using the same test scripts and APIs.

Answer 7

There are several GUI testing automation tools for a web application running in IE. A few examples: Rational Functional Tester , Etester, and QTP .

If you are looking for something open source, look here.

Not sure if a plugin is added to the tool, for example selenium, which is available for IE.

Answer 8

I got lucky with watir , it looks like selenium, but it is written in ruby. IE integration is great. There is also firewatir for firefox.

Answer 9

We have good features with iMacros Scripting Edition. There are versions for Firefox, Chrome, and IE . Basic browser add-ons are free and work very well for regression and performance testing.

Answer 10

Try coding in AutoIt, it is a powerful language that is easy to learn. IE UDF here

Answer 11

If your browser is IE, then for testing automation this is not a good solution. You may encounter so many problems with the IE browser in automation. But still you can use the selenium web driver to automate in IE.