{"id":868,"date":"2023-06-20T20:17:26","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T14:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/codetruyt.wordpress.com\/2023\/06\/20\/what-is-automation-testing-and-how-it-works\/"},"modified":"2024-07-19T05:51:14","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T05:51:14","slug":"what-is-automation-testing-and-how-it-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.codetru.com\/blog\/what-is-automation-testing-and-how-it-works\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is Automation Testing And How It Works?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Automation Testing<\/a> or Test Automation is the natural evolution and the long await solution the pitfall ridden manual testing. As the name suggests, Manual Testing is a type of software testing, performed by a human sitting on a computer carefully executing the test steps that go on to certify that the software works as designed. A simple definition of Software testing<\/a> is that it is a technique that when performed using special automated testing software tools should be able to handle a test case suite. Besides its core functionality, it can also enter test data into the Test, compare expected and observed outcomes, and generate detailed test reports. While it has huge cost and time-saving benefits in addition to being fast and accurate, Test Automation demands big investments of money and resources and it usually means a whole existing infrastructure and work processes and culture need upgraded alongside.<\/p>\n

The real benefits of Testing development through an automated route show the software goes through its successive development cycles. This is where it needs the execution of the same test suite repeatedly. In the past, the companies had to invest a huge amount of money in hiring people and time in testing software development and even then, like all human processes, it was processed to prone. But with test automation<\/a> tools, it is now possible to record this repeated test suite and re-play it as and when needed for a test. Once the test suite gets automated, no human intervention is required, it has enough nuance built into it to handle a robust or a specific range of tasks.<\/p>\n

What is the Importance of Automation in the First Place?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The primary goal of Automating process is to improve the process, speed, reduce errors and increase profitability. This is when the developer can reduce the number of test cases to be run manually and not to eliminate Manual Testing, as it involved huge time and people costs.<\/p>\n

When to do Automation?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

An expert would advise to purse automation after careful thought and recommend it be undertaken under the following circumstances.<\/p>\n

1. To reduce the cost and hassle of Manual Testing all workflows of all fields and all negative scenarios. This alone can significantly reduce the overall development cost.<\/p>\n

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