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There are many questions relates to topics:

“why we should use tool A, not tool B ?”
“Which tools I should learn to cover UI automation test for web app”

Some factors to help us to choose the proper tools for covering UI automation testing

Here’s a breakdown of keys that we can consider to choose the proper tools in automation test framework for UI web application testing:

Property of your web application and your project

Web application complexity level.
Project size & no. members
Team expert. Who is owner of your test framework? Who will contribute to test framework
Test framework will support: CI/CD, Cross-Browser Testing, Docker, Cloud, Visual Testing, …
Budget: Use Free/ open-source tools or using paid tools

Compare UI Automation Testing Tools

Here’s a comparison of the most popular tools based on key decision criteria: (Reference from ChatGPT)

Which tool are suitable to be scaled

ChatGPT did not mention the factor about the properties of your project or automation test requirement. In some cases, complexity and easy-to-manage scale for any framework with the proper tool can be a big challenge.

Which tools I should learn to gain a job ?

There are 2 main factors to help us answer the above question:

Select the tool that current job market is wide, it helps you easy to find the job to join the real project and gain the actual experiences.
Develop your wide know-how, which many skills with many tools, but you should keep your skill-set as T-shaped model

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