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Let's Automate - A Brief on Automation Testing 

     

      Automation Testing means using an automation tool to execute your test case suite. Automation testing is also known as Test Automation is when the tester writes scripts and uses an Automation Tool to test the software. This process involves automation of a manual process. Automation Testing is used for test scenarios for which we need to re-run the test scenarios for multiple times.

 Whatis.com defines it as " Automated testing tools are capable of executing tests, reporting outcomes and comparing results with earlier test runs. Tests carried out with these tools can be run repeatedly, at any time of day. The method or process being used to implement automation is called a test automation framework."

    The Objective of Automation Testing is 

• simplifying testing efforts
• usage of Manual intervention to the minimal

The automation software can also enter test data into the System Under Test, compare expected and actual results and generate detailed test reports.

Test Automation stresses a need of considerable investments of money and resources.Successive development cycles will require execution of same test suite repeatedly. Using a test automation tool it's achievable to record this test suite and re-play it as required. Once the test suite is automated completely, we do not require any human intervention is required. This improved ROI(Return of Investment) of Test Automation.

The Automation tools are very useful to speed up the test cycle as they can replicate manual testing processes at a much faster rate.Goal of Automation is to reduce number of test cases to be run manually and not eliminate manual testing all together. The Main Criteria or the Success Mantra automated software testing is by and large most successful when implemented by expert resource.

Automated testing is important due to following reasons:

• Testing of all the Workflows, Functionalities and Negative Scenarios is time consuming & also cost.
• Automation Testing is best suited for testing which requires testing the volume of data.
• It is difficult to test for multi lingual sites manually.
• It’s very useful for testing the performance of websites or an application.
• Automation increases speed of test execution.
• Automation helps increase Test Coverage.
• Manual Testing is error prone as it’s a repeated activity involving human intervention.

What can we automate?

Automation is best suited for the following criterion to increase the automation ROI

•        Critical Business Requirements which are of High Risk.
•     Repeated Execution of Test Cases
•         Test Cases that is very monotonous or difficult to perform manually.
•     Test Cases which are lengthy.

       To Conclude on this above topic i would say automation is the way forward to make life better for testers but not to forget that unless you are strong in your basics of what to test and what not to any testing method will be of no use.... So lets learn our basics to move forward...