The maxim “Test early and test frequently” comes to mind when we think of Agile testing. It makes sense to test early since testing gives you more time to detect and address issues. It’s far simpler to correct an issue before you release that version of your software than it is to do so after it has developed into a significant fault.
Your testers’ lives will be made easier the more of these tests you can automate. There is a lot of talk about automation in the Agile and DevOps communities, and for good reason. But not all tests can be automated, and not all tests ought to be automated.
- How do you determine when to automate?
- What advantages does automation testing offer?
1. Which organizational procedures could you automate?
Assessing all your procedures that include a lot of paperwork is a good place to start with process automation, but it will differ from business to business (and particularly printed documents). Document-intensive operations can have a lot of inefficiencies and need a lot of human labor, whether it be printing procedures and trends or monthly invoice processing.
You may develop a roadmap and strategy for process automation by identifying operations that are repetitive, time-consuming, have high rates of human error, or largely require generating, analyzing, or interpreting documents.
Here are the top 10 advantages of automated testing.
1.1 Improved Effects
Automated testing saves a significant amount of time even while considering complex and massive systems. This makes it possible to perform testing frequently, resulting in better and quicker findings with noticeably less work and time spent.
1.2 Increase Test Coverage
Automated software testing places more emphasis on the breadth and depth of tests, improving product quality. In contrast to human testing, automated software testing can handle hundreds of varied complicated test cases. Manual testers are hesitant to test large or complicated software, but testers who use automation testing may work on such programs with ease. Automation testing also enables testers to test the software on several machines with various settings. This testing procedure can examine the application’s internal database, data table, memory, and file to see whether it is operating as anticipated.
1.3 Earlier defect detection
Software bugs are documented through automation testing, which greatly facilitates the work of the testing teams. Additionally, this makes it somewhat simpler for the development and support teams to jointly consider the flaws and produce a quicker result. The project’s overall development pace is accelerated while maintaining accurate functioning in all pertinent areas. Any bug may be fixed and deployed more effectively and economically the sooner it is discovered.
1.4 Intelligent Insights
Automated test results provide real-time reporting and analysis of application issues, providing your team with an advantage in identifying failure reasons, consulting other systems, and prioritizing faults.
1.5 Information security
The caliber of the test data you employ will have a significant impact on the success of your testing. As it takes time to manually generate high-quality test data, testing is frequently carried out on copies of live databases. You may reuse your data repeatedly by using automation technologies to assist with building, modifying, and safeguarding your test database. This might result in significant time and money savings.
1.6 Helpful in testing complex web application
Automated testing processes are useful for sophisticated online applications that include the interaction of many users. If we use the manual testing method, it would be difficult or impossible to manually create that many users at once.
So, to test those web applications, employ load automation testing and generate fictitious users to determine the web application’s load capability. On software where the GUI will always be the same and the functionality are constantly changing because of source code updates, automation testing may also be employed.
2. What are the real-world difficulties with test automation?
You should consider the significant initial investment that test automation requires. This includes:
- Purchase and license fees for tools
- Approach, strategy, implementation, and execution are time-defining concepts.
- Skills, upkeep, and maintenance of people
- Costs of devices, infrastructure, or equipment for mobile testing
3. How TestDel can help you overcome these challenges?
3.1 On-Demand Automation Testing Services
Our Experienced automation test engineers help your company succeed by automating test releases, shortening time-to-market, lowering costs, increasing test coverage, testing across various platforms, and improving end-product quality. Many projects have been saved from failure because of our software test automation approach, which addresses QA bottlenecks at breakneck speed.
- Web App Test Automation
- Mobile App Test Automation
- Desktop App Test Automation
- Continuous Testing
- Performance and Load Testing
- API Testing
4. Conclusion
Automation testing cannot resolve issues that result from subpar internal testing procedures. We are again back to the question of whether you should automate testing yourself or use external managed automation services to take care of everything.
As there are many factors to assess and take into account before beginning a test automation journey, only you can make this decision.??
We can also handle all your automated testing for you, bringing in a full range of professional testing personnel, services, and equipment to get the outcomes you require. Creating a test automation plan utilizing TestDel’s intelligent automation frameworks, which reduce risks while concentrating on the appropriate interfaces for testing, is a part of this process.
Ready to take your software testing to the next level? Contact TestDel today and let us help you achieve your testing goals.