Explain AutoIT Testing Tool in brief | Software Testing Tool

In this article, you will understand the following:

• What is AutoIT?
• Features of AutoIT

What is AutoIT?

AutoIt is an open-source automation testing tool. It is used to automate the various processes involving Windows and desktop applications. On an official website of an AutoIt testing tool, it is declared as a freeware BASIC. It means it is designed for automating the Windows GUI and general scripting. It fundamentally uses a combination of multiple keystrokes, mouse movements, and manipulation of windows or control to automate the different tasks. The AutoIT tool supports all versions of the Windows operating system. 

Jonathan Bennet is the founder of AutoIT Testing Tool. Its first release came into the market in 1999 in January around 22 years back. It comes out to be a very powerful language that gives support to multiple complex expressions, user functions, loops, and other such features. The syntax of scripting languages used in AutoIT testing tools is similar to the syntax of the BASIC family of languages. As a scripting language, it uses two languages i.e C# and VB. This tool falls under the third generation of programming languages with classical data models and multiple data types which will store various types of data. The task can be automated by writing a few lines of script or recording that process by using the AutoIT recorder. Once we are done with the recording, it generates the scripts automatically and that can be further used to playback the recorded processes. It identifies the different elements of an application with the help of various properties such as control ID, coordinates, the element’s name, and much more. The values of the identifiers are stored in the repository in the form of objects. These objects are used at the time of playback that helps in identifying the various elements and performing different actions on them. 

It has AU3 Info object identifiers which help in retrieving the values for a specific element of an application. It has various in-built function libraries which contain predefined functions. It in-built must be imported so that it can be used inside the scripts. It has a SciTE editor which is very helpful in building multiple programs. It also serves the configuration settings and other utility essentials such as code folding, auto-complete, syntax highlighting, and much more. AutoIT is tangled with an IDE based on the free SciTE editor. The compiler and its help text are completely integrated and give the standard environment for developers. It is very helpful in creating the various GUI applications which gives the feel and vibe of the built application while creating the script.

Features of the AutoIT:

• It is very easy to learn the syntax of an AutoIT application.
• It gives record and playback options. 
• It can easily interact with all the standard controls of Windows.
• Respond to keystrokes and various mouse movements.
• Different Graphical User Interfaces can be provided to different processes. 
• It helps in running the external program with the help of the RunAs function.