So far, TC supports VbScript.
VbScript is not typesafe.
It does not provide compile-time syntax checking.
So, in large test libraries, changes are unnecessarily risky and difficult to handle.
An example:
You do a little change in Your Script extension, unfortunately including a typo.
You start Your test and it runs for hours, until.. it finally reaches the new functionality and stops with a runtime error. So, You have to start again, just because of a typo!
So, in my opinion, the usual script languages may be usable for simple tests, but they are not really suitable.
I'm very experienced in using VBA, the MS office scripting language. This language provides
- type safety
- compiletime syntax checking
- usage of functionality in external projects.
VBA projects do not need to be registered, they just work when they are present.
So, THIS is a suitable scripting language, for small and large test scripts.
