Frequently Asked Questions. There are many testing tools in the marketplace that offer a lot of functionality to help with the testing efforts. However, they need to be obtained, installed, and configured, which could take up valuable time and effort.
Bash can help to speed things along.
A failure to synchronize during playback causes the test recording to abort and typically signals that the application has changed in a way that the test has detected. The problem is that in some cases, when the application hasn't changed, the failed test would imply that it had incorrectly. Too many such false-negative results would tend to lead to the view that the test suite is unreliable. Test Automation Snake Oil , by James Bach. An argument against some of the naive claims made for test automation by someone who has been burned many times.