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geoaxis
12 years ago

When is SOAP-UI not enough?

Hello,

SOAP-UI is a powerful tool which can be easily learned, but is it better than writing your tests in Java/.NET

When trying to decide between writing hand written SOAP tests using Java and SOAP-UI, what are the things would you consider.

I would appreciate arguments both for and against either testing strategy (I guess there can be some non-scientific/personal reasons to choose one or the other ,but lets keep those out)

Would also appreciate any links to this topic in/outside this forum covering this topic.

Thanks
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  • PaulDonny's avatar
    PaulDonny
    Regular Contributor
    12 years ago
    Well, to answer the question in your title, never.

    As for reasoning:

    I import SoapUI directly into my Java projects. It makes it far easier for debugging, viewing your raw requests and since it stores the requests, replication of any defects found. I just have my Java project build SoapUI projects and run from there.

    It builds a property file that can easily be shared, a SoapUI project file which allows the user to view everything through SoapUI's UI by loading the project file and, most importantly, if I am behind on an update and there is something off with my code, they can still create the project from the updated WSDL, import into SoapUI and make the edits required until I have time to update my code.


    All of that being said, no one tool is ever the only thing you need. But SoapUI is one of the better utilities I have found for testing APIs.