UI5 NewsCast 028 wdi5 - UI5s Open-Source End-to-End Testing Framework

SAP integrated and developed several testing frameworks to test UI5
applications, libraries, controls or modules: QUnit for functional
testing, OPA5 to do integration testing and UIveri5 for end-to-end
testing. In 2020, wdi5 (pronounced as /vdiai5/) has been started by
Volker Buzek at j&s-soft with the focus to test UI5 web apps in
hybrid scenarios - the scenarios which aren’t supported by UIveri5.
Beginning of 2022, UIveri5 got deprecated mainly due to technical
reasons and a successor was needed. SAP started sponsoring the wdi5
project of j&s-soft to establish it as UI5s open-source
end-to-end testing framework. In this podcast, Christoph talks with
Volker, Hristo and Peter about the testing options of UI5, the
history and the now, how wdi5 should be handed over into the
responsibility of the UI5 community, migration steps from UIveri5
to wdi5, technical insights into wdi5 and the open gaps and next
steps. Tune in and learn about the history, getting started,
migration and the future direction of UI5 testing. Todays guests: -
Volker Buzek, IT-Architect at j&s-soft GmbH and inventor of
wdi5 - Hristo Manchev, Product Owner for UI5 test automation tools
at SAP - Peter Muessig, Chief Architect of SAPUI5 at SAP