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mfoster711
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11 days ago

Using AI to write scripts

Has anybody tried using AI to help write their scripts for TestComplete? I have been researching CoPilot Github and Claude Code as AI tools to assist with coding. Both have integrations that work wi...
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mfoster711
Regular Contributor
10 days ago

A few notes about our setup:

  • We don't use namemap. It is too slow and clunky to work with. We have other methods to identify fields. Also, using namemap locks us into TestComplete
  • We aim to keep all of our TestComplete specific logic in one class. Everything else is standard python
  • TestComplete's IDE is a decade behind other tools and needs a major upgrade. This is one of the main reasons we are looking to use other IDE.
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rraghvani
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10 days ago

NameMapping was a good idea at the time, but it became a nightmare to maintain once it grew huge, and sometimes it would get corrupted. I've moved away from NameMapping and now use the Find and FindAll methods. If SmartBear could create a plugin to be used in VS Code, that would make things so much easier. However, I really don't see that happening ever!