Test Automation

What is the meaning of automation testing?

Automated testing is a process that validates if the software is functioning appropriately and meeting requirements before it is released into production. This software testing method uses scripted sequences that are executed by testing tools. Automated testing tools execute examinations of the software, report outcomes, and compare results with earlier test runs. An organization can apply automated tests to a broad range of cases, such as unit, API, and regression testing. Automated software testing’s main benefit is that it simplifies as much of the manual effort as possible into a set of scripts. For example, if unit testing consumes a large percentage of a quality assurance (QA) team’s resources, then this process should be evaluated as a candidate for automation.

Automated tests can run repeatedly at any time of day. This approach fits in with continuous testing as well as continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD) software development practices, which aim to shuttle code changes to production without gates that require manual intervention.

Why is automation needed?

Test Automation is the best way to increase the effectiveness, test coverage, and execution speed in software testing. Automated software testing is important due to the following reasons:

Manual Testing of all workflows, all fields, all negative scenarios is time and money consuming

It is difficult to test for multilingual sites manually

Test Automation does not require Human intervention. You can run automated test unattended (overnight)

Test Automation increases the speed of test execution

Automation helps increase Test Coverage

Manual Testing can become boring and hence error-prone.

What test case should be automated?

Automation promises it’s going to save time and lower costs while raising quality, something that’s seemingly impossible. As we learn and adopt automation, we find out that there are many ways that we can approach it. But only a few ways allow us to be successful long term.

Test cases to be automated can be selected using the following criterion to increase the automation ROI

• High-Risk Business Critical test cases
• Test cases that are repeatedly executed
• Test Cases that are very tedious or difficult to perform manually
• Test Cases that are time-consuming
• The task is going to be repeated.
• It’s going to save time.
• The requirements, the test, or the task are low risk, stable, and unlikely to change often.
• The test is subject to human error.
• The test is time-consuming.
• The test has significant downtime between steps.

The following category of test cases are not suitable for automation:

• Test Cases that are newly designed and not executed manually at least once
• Test Cases for which the requirements are frequently changing
• Test cases that are executed on an ad-hoc basis.

Automated Testing Process

Step 1) Test Tool Selection

Step 2) Define the scope of Automation

Step 3) Planning, Design, and Development

Step 4) Test Execution

Step 5) Maintenance

Automation Testing Tools

There are tons of Functional and Regression Testing Tools available in the market. Here are the best tools certified by our experts.

1. Ranorex Studio

Ranorex Studio is an all-in-one tool for automating functional UI tests, regression tests, data-driven tests, and much more. Ranorex Studio includes an easy to use click-and-go interface to automate tests for web, desktop, and mobile applications.

Features:

• Functional UI and end-to-end testing on desktop, web, and mobile
• Cross-browser testing
• SAP, ERP, Delphi, and legacy applications.
• iOS and Android
• Run tests locally or remotely, in parallel or distribute on a Selenium Grid
• Robust reporting

2) Testim

Testim is the fastest path to resilient end-to-end tests — codeless, coded, or both. Testim lets you create amazingly stable codeless tests that leverage our AI, but also the flexibility to export tests as code. Customers like Microsoft, NetApp, Wix, and JFrog run millions of tests on Testim each month

Features

• You can leverage Testim’s modern JavaScript API and your IDE to debug, customize or refactor tests.
• Store test in your version control system to keep them in sync with branches and run tests on every commit.
• Integration with popular tools

Framework for Automation

A framework is a set of automation guidelines that help in

• Maintaining consistency of Testing
• Improves test structuring
• Minimum usage of code
• Less Maintenance of code
• Improve re-usability
• Non Technical testers can be involved in code
• The training period of using the tool can be reduced
• Involves Data wherever appropriate

Define the scope of Automation

The scope of automation in the area of your Application Under Test will be automated. The following points help determine scope:

• The features that are important for the business
• Scenarios that have a large amount of data
• Common functionalities across applications
• Technical feasibility
• The extent to which business components are reused
• The complexity of test cases
• Ability to use the same test cases for cross-browser testing