Ask HN: How to Automate testcases for web apps across OS/Devices/Browsers.

[atul_wired]

We've a web application which is gradually increasing it's span of browsers and OS/devices compatibility. It brings us the need to have proper regression suite automation for the same. It will be of great help to me and probably other HNers if you share your experience to implement such automation suites. Particularly the frameworks that have proved successful to you and other related details.

How about this format:

Web Application:

  Desktops:

    Windows: All browsers. (my reco: mshtml, Selenium)

    Linux: Firefox, Chrome (at least)

    MAC: Safari, Firefox(optional)

  Tablets:

    IPad: Safari(using touch and/or mouse)

    Android based: Chrome

    Windows RT: IE(using touch and mouse)

Native Application:

  IPad

  Windows RT

  Android based

  Iphone

It will also be interesting to know the base OS from which it can be run. For example: running automation on IPad simulator from Windows(don't know if there's an Ipad simulator though, just an example).