Lotus Automation Selenium Solution

Selenium Overview

Interest in test automation utilizing the Selenium tool suite has grown substantially over the past several years for several reasons, including:

Selenium is an open-source solution, so there are no license costs
Selenium is highly ﬂexible.
It is more developer-friendly (C#, Java)
Selenium handles multiple browsers more easily.
Cross Platform support
Supports AJAX components
And many more.

Challenges and Limitations using Out of the Box selenium

Any Open-source solution requires a fairly significant investment to make it worthwhile. Despite many advantages, Selenium has some notable shortcomings that must be addressed to make it an efficient enterprise solution. The following table illustrates some of the significant improvements Lotus invested:

Out of the Box Selenium Vs. Lotus Solution

Any Open-source solution requires a fairly significant investment to make it worthwhile. Despite many advantages, Selenium has some notable shortcomings that must be addressed to make it an efficient enterprise solution. The following table illustrates some of the significant improvements Lotus invested:

Selenium Out Of Box Shortfall	Lotus's Selenium Solution
No easy way of managing data input	Lotus Input Data Library
No easy way of working test objects	Lotus Object Manager
No common reporting capabilities	Lotus Reporting Engine Library
Requires complex scripting	Functional Decomposition Framework
	Keyword Driven Framework

Lotus’s Automation Selenium Solution (LASS)

Lotus’s Automation Selenium Solution (LASS) addresses all of these shortcomings with a unique automation framework that allows an organization to take advantage of the cost savings of an open-source tool while still providing the experience of a licensed tool. Lotus has invested significantly to fill the Selenium out-of-the-box gaps as outlined below.

LASS Features

Easy scripting (similar to QTP and other licensed web testing tools)
Reduced complexity enabling increased productivity
Test suite execution functions allow for multiple tests to be executed together
Component-based architecture lowers maintenance costs
Customized exception handling
Code DOM capability
Support for Windows APIs and Controls

LASS Components

Lotus Data Accelerator – creates a mechanism for managing test data
Lotus Object Manager- makes/manages objects using a simple GUI
Lotus Report Accelerator – provides standard reports in HTML/Excel format
Lotus Scripting Framework – can be implemented with a keyword or functional decomposition style scripting solution.

LASS Integrations

Integrations with several open-source and licensed ALM tools.
Build/Deployment/Continuous Integration tools.
Open-source code management/version control tools.