4th Annual ATI Automation Honors

The ATI Automation Honors are awards that celebrate excellence in the discipline of software test automation. You, the automation community, have voted for who should be honored, and the winners were announced live at the TestKIT 2012 Testing and Test Automation conference. Now, you can finally see who the winners are! The winners and finalists are listed below in sections.

Read more: The Special November Issue of the Automated Software Testing Magazine will highlights all of the Automation Honors Finalists and winners, by providing additional details about each of them as well as fun facts and excerpts of some of the acceptance speeches.

Category List

Best Open Source Mobile Automated Test Tool
Best Open Source Unit Automated Test Tool
Best Open Source Functional Automated Test Tool
Best Open Source Performance Automated Test Tool
Best Open Source Automated Test Frameworks
Best Commercial Functional Automated Test Tool
Best Commercial Performance Automated Test Tool
Best Automated Testing Book
Best Automated Testing Article
Best Automated Testing Blog
Best Automated Testing Forum

BEST OPEN SOURCE MOBILE AUTOMATED TEST TOOL

Sub-Category: iOS

ATI AUTOMATION HONORS WINNER

PRODUCER/PROJECT ADMIN(S)

MonkeyTalk

Gorilla Logic

RUNNER-UP

	Frank	TBD
*FINALISTS*
KIF	Keep It Functional (KIF)	Square
	Zucchini	TBD

Sub-Category: Android

ATI AUTOMATION HONORS WINNER

PRODUCER/PROJECT ADMIN(S)

MonkeyTalk
Gorilla Logic

FINALISTS

	Calabash	LessPainful
Robotium	Robotium	Renas Reda

Sub-Category: Overall

ATI AUTOMATION HONORS WINNER

PRODUCER/PROJECT ADMIN(S)

MonkeyTalk

Gorilla Logic

RUNNER-UP

Robotium	Robotium	Renas Reda
*FINALISTS*
	Frank	TBD
KIF	Keep It Functional (KIF)	Square
	Zucchini	TBD

BEST OPEN SOURCE UNIT AUTOMATED TEST TOOL

Sub-Category: C++

ATI AUTOMATION HONORS WINNER

PRODUCER/PROJECT ADMIN(S)

ATF

Automated Testing Framework (ATF)

N/A

*FINALISTS*
	Boost Test Library	Dave Abraham
	Google C++ Testing Framework	Google

Sub-Category: .NET

ATI AUTOMATION HONORS WINNER

PRODUCER/PROJECT ADMIN(S)

NUnit
Charlie Poole

FINALISTS

	MbUnit	Johan Appelgren, Jeff Brown, Joey Calisay
	xUnit.net	Brad Wilson, Jim Newkirk

Sub-Category: Overall

ATI AUTOMATION HONORS WINNER

PRODUCER/PROJECT ADMIN(S)

JUnit
David Saff, Erich Gamma, Erik G. H. Meade, Kent Beck

RUNNER-UP

Google C++ Testing Framework

Google

FINALISTS

	NUnit	Charlie Poole
	TestNG	Cédric Beust

BEST OPEN SOURCE FUNCTIONAL AUTOMATED TEST TOOL

Sub-Category: Web

ATI AUTOMATION HONORS WINNER

PRODUCER/PROJECT ADMIN(S)

Selenium
OpenQA

RUNNER-UP

JWebUnit

Julien Henry

FINALISTS

BITE	Browser Integrated Testing Environment (BITE)	Jason Stredwick, Alexis Torres
	Sahi	Tyto Software
	Watir	Bret Pettichord

Sub-Category: Java/Java Toolkits

ATI AUTOMATION HONORS WINNER

PRODUCER/PROJECT ADMIN(S)

FEST
Alex Ruiz

RUNNER-UP

Maveryx

Maveryx

FINALISTS

	SWTBot	Ketan Padegaonkar
	Jemmy	Alexandre (Shura) Iline
	White	Vivek Singh

Sub-Category: Flash/Flex

ATI AUTOMATION HONORS WINNER

PRODUCER/PROJECT ADMIN(S)

Monkey Talk
Gorilla Logic

FINALISTS

Melomel	Melomel	Ben Johnson
	TestMaker	PustToTest

Sub-Category: Overall

ATI AUTOMATION HONORS WINNER

PRODUCER/PROJECT ADMIN(S)

Selenium
OpenQA

RUNNER-UP

MonkeyTalk

Gorilla Logic

FINALISTS

	Watir	Bret Pettichord
	Jemmy	Alexandre (Shura) Iline

BEST OPEN SOURCE PERFORMANCE AUTOMATED TEST TOOL

Sub-Category: Web

ATI AUTOMATION HONORS WINNER

PRODUCER/PROJECT ADMIN(S)

JMeter
Apache Software Foundation

RUNNER-UP

Grinder

Philip Aston

FINALISTS

Curl-loader	Curl-loader	TBD
	Hammerora	Steve Shaw

Sub-Category: Web Services/SOA

ATI AUTOMATION HONORS WINNER

PRODUCER/PROJECT ADMIN(S)

SoapUI SmartBear Software

FINALISTS

JMeter

Apache Software Foundation

Grinder

Philip Aston

Sub-Category: Overall

ATI AUTOMATION HONORS WINNER

PRODUCER/PROJECT ADMIN(S)

JMeter
Apache Software Foundation

RUNNER-UP

SoapUI

SmartBear Software

FINALISTS

	Grinder	Philip Aston
	Hammerora	Steve Shaw

BEST OPEN SOURCE AUTOMATED TEST FRAMEWORK

Sub-Category: Web

ATI AUTOMATION HONORS WINNER

PRODUCER/PROJECT ADMIN(S)

Fitnesse
Apache Software Foundation

RUNNER-UP

Staf/Stax

Staf/Stax

Sharon Lucas

FINALISTS

Concordion	Concordion	David Peterson
	JSystem	Ignis
	TestMaker	PushToTest

BEST COMMERCIAL FUNCTIONAL AUTOMATED TEST TOOL

Sub-Category: Web

ATI AUTOMATION HONORS WINNER

PRODUCER/PROJECT ADMIN(S)

Testing Anywhere
Automation Anywhere

RUNNER-UP

	Tricentis TOSCA TestSuite	Tricentis
*FINALISTS*
	SilkTest	Micro Focus
	Test Studio	Telerik

Sub-Category: Java

ATI AUTOMATION HONORS WINNER

PRODUCER/PROJECT ADMIN(S)

TestComplete
SmartBear Software

RUNNER-UP

Rational Functional Tester

IBM

FINALISTS

	Squish	froglogic
	QF-Test	QFS
	QA Wizard	Seapine Software

Sub-Category: .NET

ATI AUTOMATION HONORS WINNER

PRODUCER/PROJECT ADMIN(S)

SilkTest Micro Focus

RUNNER-UP

	Ranorex	Ranorex GmbH
*FINALISTS*
	eggPlant	Testplant
	Rational Functional Tester	IBM
	Test Studio	Telerik

Sub-Category: Flash/Flex

ATI AUTOMATION HONORS WINNER

PRODUCER/PROJECT ADMIN(S)

TestComplete
SmartBear Software

RUNNER-UP

	eggPlant	Testplant
*FINALISTS*
	RIATest	Cogitek Inc
	Ranorex	Ranorex GmbH

Sub-Category: SAP

ATI AUTOMATION HONORS WINNER

PRODUCER/PROJECT ADMIN(S)

Certify
WorkSoft

FINALISTS

	SilkTest	Micro Focus
	Tricentis TOSCA TestSuite	Tricentis

Sub-Category: Overall

ATI AUTOMATION HONORS WINNER

PRODUCER/PROJECT ADMIN(S)

TestComplete
SmartBear Software

RUNNER-UP

SilkTest

Micro Focus

FINALISTS

	Test Studio	Telerik
	Ranorex	Ranorex GmbH

BEST COMMERCIAL PERFORMANCE AUTOMATED TEST TOOL

Sub-Category: Web/HTTPS

ATI AUTOMATION HONORS WINNER

PRODUCER/PROJECT ADMIN(S)

SilkPerformer Micro Focus

RUNNER-UP

AQTime

Smart Bear

FINALISTS

	Rational Performance Tester	IBM
	AppLoader	NRG Global

Sub-Category: Web Services/SOA

ATI AUTOMATION HONORS WINNER

PRODUCER/PROJECT ADMIN(S)

SoapUI Pro SmartBear Software

*FINALISTS*
	SilkPerformer for SOA	Micro Focus
	SOATest	Parasoft

Sub-Category: Overall

ATI AUTOMATION HONORS WINNER

PRODUCER/PROJECT ADMIN(S)

SilkPerformer Micro Focus

RUNNER-UP

	SOATest	Parasoft
*FINALISTS*
	Rational Performance Tester	IBM
	AppLoader	NRG Global
	AQTime	Smart Bear

BEST AUTOMATED TESTING BOOK

ATI AUTOMATION HONORS WINNER

AUTHOR(S)

Experiences of Test Automation: Case Studies of Software Test Automation Dorothy Graham and Mark Fewster

FINALISTS

The Cucumber Book: Behaviour-Driven Development for Testers and Developers	Matt Wynne and Aslak Hellesoy
The Basics of Hacking and Penetration Testing: Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testing Made Easy	Patrick Engebretson

BEST AUTOMATED TESTING ARTICLE

ATI AUTOMATION HONORS WINNER

AUTHOR(S)

Mobile Automated Testing Patrick Quilter

RUNNER-UP

So Easy Even a Child Can Use It	Frederick Rose
*FINALISTS*
The Value of Continuous Quality Assurance	Ed Schwartz
Scripting Languages for Testing	Tom Wimsatt
How Service Virtualization Removes Testing Roadblocks	Wayne Ariola