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it_user253326 - PeerSpot reviewer
Test Automation Architect at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees
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We needed to shift left to new development practices and we ended up using Selenium without native Java. We ended up switching to LeanFT because Selenium couldn’t handle all of our applications.

What is most valuable?

What’s awesome about it is you can use the same language the developers already use.

How has it helped my organization?

LeanFT integrates with our developers work-flow. Our developers can now perform automation using familiar tools, programming language, and IDE. This helps get the whole team involved in test automation.

What needs improvement?

In the next release I'd like to see HP enable LeanFT to work with Sauce Labs. I know HP has their own solution, but it would be better if it were more integrate-able in the spirit of being more open-source, more friendly.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

We haven’t been using it that long, but it has been stable for the last month we’ve been using it. It works as advertised thus far.

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What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Very positive: seems like it’s a lightweight solution that's not going to impact what we were already doing as it's just a "wrapper" on top of what we already do.

How are customer service and support?

Haven’t had any technical support yet, but the demo team was great.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We had used a lot of different applications and we needed to shift left to new development practices. So we ended up using Selenium without native Java. Unfortunately, before LeanFT, we ran into issues where Selenium couldn’t handle the functionality of all the applications.

How was the initial setup?

It's very straightforward-- you just import a library like you would any other tool and go.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

Smartbear.

What other advice do I have?

To me, it has to be using the same tools that the developers already use and that it fits in with their workflow. Testers should be using the same tools as the developers, making the development process easier.

Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: My blog is sponsored by tech vendors.
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it_user403125 - PeerSpot reviewer
it_user403125Tech Lead at KPIT Technologies
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Hi Joe,

Did you get a chance to integrate the leanft tests with jenkins ? Please share your experience.

Thanks,
Swaroop

it_user313797 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Project Manager at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Consultant
It helps move testing closer to the development cycle. However, future releases should support all technologies, which UFT does.

What is most valuable?

The fact that it is so easy to go between UFT with its large install base and LeanFT. Whoever has used UFT will quite easily become productive with LeanFT, but with the added benefit of “shifting left”, to move testing closer to the development cycle.

What needs improvement?

As the releases come, support for all technologies in the systems under test that UFT currently support will be the obvious place for improvement.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have not been using LeanFT in a professional capacity yet. I have participated in the LeanFT beta testing program and in that capacity I used the product for three months.

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

Deployment, as far as it was completed during the beta test, went smooth and without complications. I have not yet tested the installation alongside UFT, as it is shipped with UFT 12.5.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

As I tested the product during the beta test period, the product was obviously not completed, but that never affected stability. Any issues with functionality that I had was quickly and resolutely resolved.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

In my professional career as Test Automation Developer, I have mainly used UFT. While I will not switch to LeanFT completely, as the products are complementing rather than replacing each other, I will use LeanFT whenever projects dictate that test automation be done during the development process.

How was the initial setup?

Setup simply installs the product as an add-in to Visual Studio or Eclipse. No other setup is necessary. It cannot be easier.

What other advice do I have?

The product is new, but builds on a solution that has a long history. Comparable products do not, in my opinion, have as large a coverage of target technologies as LeanFT has.

Go for it, but do not expect that it will replace all other Test Automation products. This is a complement.

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it_user469167 - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution Architect at a tech company with 501-1,000 employees
Vendor
I'm not really a developer per say, and I was able to pick it up fairly quickly.

Valuable Features

LeanFT's been very good. It's a little more complex than standard testing products like the standard UFT. It's a little more developer oriented. I'm not really a developer per say, but I was able to pick it up fairly quickly.

Room for Improvement

I think the biggest issues that I've seen, and this is a personal view of mine, is that most of the HPE products have a common look and feel to them. I'd really like to see it be a little more customizable to a use and user standpoint. For example. I happen to be colors blind, so I'd like to see more vivid colors on the UI, and things like that. It would make it a little more flexible from the customer standpoint.

Use of Solution

I was formally an HP employee, so I've used the HP products in the past. I also was a former Mercury Interactive employee who was acquired by HP.

Scalability Issues

It's been extremely scalable as far as the testing that we've done with our customers. They've all been really satisfied with the scalability of the HPE products.

Customer Service and Technical Support

We've gone through the standard customer support and it’s been good. It's not quite to the level that an R&D would be, because they really get really under the covers to fix things.

Initial Setup

Since it was a slightly different way of doing things, it was a little complex. It was just the idea of ... this is something new that we have to understand. It wasn't like we're building on a product that already existed, it was right out of the box. It's fairly new, so it was a little more complex that way but R&D made it very easy.

Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: We're partners.
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Don Ingerson - PeerSpot reviewer
Don IngersonQA Automation Engineer at Global Fortune 500 Company
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Mike, thank you for the comprehensive answer. I am very familiar with UFT and VBScript. However, I have not had time to install and assess LeanFT. You did an excellent job detailing LeanFT and that it is geared more towards developers.

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Senior Software Engineer at Xylem
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Good object repository and identification, but they need more integration with different cloud-based tools
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable features are the object repository."
  • "In the next release, I would like to see integration with different cloud-based tools such as Azure."

What is our primary use case?

We use this solution with one of the software applications that we have in our company, where we are trying to automate the different scenarios or workflows that we have.

I would also like to see cloud-Ops.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature is the object repository. The objects get identified using the tool or where the different properties of the objects are being captured. 

Also, object identification is something that really fascinates me about UFT.

What needs improvement?

As I have only been using this solution for a few weeks, I am really not in a position to say what needs improvement. I need to use it more where I can explore all the available features. If I am not able to perform any operation, then I will be in a position to answer this area of improvement better.

In the next release, I would like to see integration with different cloud-based tools such as Azure. Microsoft already supports the internet. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using MicroFocus UFT Developer for a few weeks.

We use version 15.20 or 1A.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It's a stable product.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

This solution is scalable. At this time we have one user in our organization.

We are looking forward to using this solution in the future. We use the trial version and the team is considering the paid version. We have to see how it goes.

How are customer service and technical support?

I have not contacted technical support. I have not needed to, there have been no issues.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

Previously, we explored a few other solutions. One was TesComplete from SmartBear, and the other was Katalon Studio.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was straightforward. It was easy.

The configuration that I have on the machine is the latest one. I haven't faced any issues. 

It didn't take long to deploy.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

I am not aware of the pricing.

What other advice do I have?

With the experience that I have, I think that it's very good, and I would recommend this solution to others.

Again, with the knowledge that I have in the few weeks that I have been using it, I would rate this solution a seven out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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it_user366099 - PeerSpot reviewer
Entity Manager at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Vendor
It would be nice if this could be entirely automated. It's a complete pursuit and it's a logical pursuit working with HP.
Pros and Cons
  • "It's a complete pursuit and it's a logical pursuit working with HPE."
  • "We push one button and the tests are completely executed at once, so just have to analyze and say it's okay. It would be nice if this could be entirely automated."

What is most valuable?

It's a complete pursuit and it's a logical pursuit working with HPE.

How has it helped my organization?

The benefits. We're trying to maximize our automation testing, so it's a new authorization for us and we have more time to ... If we automate the test, we have more time to do something else.

What needs improvement?

We push one button and the tests are completely executed at once, so just have to analyze and say it's okay. It would be nice if this could be entirely automated. For the moment, it's people who have to perform this task.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

For now it's stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We have just started. We have one person who use it. We have in the future plans to expand it to the whole company.

What other advice do I have?

They connected 2C and UC so we can use 2C for the test and UC for information.

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