Let me know 5 disadvantage of xpath and data driven framework?

[Sumit Mishra]

Hello All,

Let me know 5 disadvantage of xpath and data driven framework?

Thanks
Sumit

[Muzzamil]

Disadvantages of data-driven testing

The disadvantages of the Data-Driven test automation framework are as under:

a) This calls for great expertise of scripting language required by the automation tool.

b) For every test case we need many data-files. According to the number of screens being accessed we may have many data-inputs and may require many verifications. Hence the test case needs to keep the data-files in different directories.

c) The test engineer is required to re-enter the test plan data in various concerned data files in addition to managing the detailed test plan.

d) In case for creating & maintaining the data-files, we use text editor like Notepad, extra care is needed in having the desired format needed by the functions or scripts which would process the concerned files; otherwise we shall get script-processing errors due to incorrect data-file format or its content.

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[Sumit Mishra]

Hello Muzzamil,

Thank you for update. I have already read this.  Please let me know 5 disadvantage of xpath.

Thanks and Regards
Sumit Mishra
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[Krishnan Mahadevan]

This sounds like an interview question more than anything else. What have you done to figure this out on your own ?

Have you played around with xPath enough ? Once you do, you should be able to realize some of its cons!

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[Sumit Mishra]

Hello Krishnan,

Yes, This is interview question and I want to crack the interview so that I have posted this question in Selenium Group. I am new in selenium and I did not find any disadvantage more then complexity of writing xpath. I am looking answer any experience person who can help me on this.

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Sumit Mishra
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[Shadaab]

You mean Using data driven framework here is not an good idea?

Is that the pros of DD Frameworks is much less than cons?

I need this answer because i too using same DD frameworks. if it is not better idea please let me know its alternate one.

Thanks & Regards

Shadaab

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[Jim Evans]

Wow. That takes real guts, admitting you're posting here looking for the answer to an interview question. We generally frown on those here. It's one thing to be genuinely curious as to the reasons for something about Selenium; it's quite another to post a specific question, asking for a specific answer, only for the purpose of "cracking the interview." The answer can be found on the web in blog posts, other posts to this mailing list, and other documentation. Asking in the manner you have here (with no indication of your own thought processes, what you've tried to search on, what you think the answer might be) shows a lack of effort that would give me grave concerns as a hiring manager. I sincerely hope your interviewer is monitoring the mailing list, so they realize that you don't *actually* have the knowledge that the answers you're giving in the interview would indicate that you have.