Scope Of Automation Testing

Introduction

In our fast-growing world, everything revolves around applications. Whether it is food delivery, requesting a taxi, or managing finances, all these applications make our lives very easy. But what happens when you install an application, excited to use its features, facing crashes, glitches, and broken functionalities?

It is like buying a costly Digital SLR camera without knowing its features and functionality, it won’t make sense to install all those buggy applications. This blog dives into the scope of Automation testing

Testing is the process of running software in different ways to verify that it acts as expected. Vigorous testing gives confidence that all the new features will work with the existing code as expected.

Why is Testing so important?

• Testing helps to find the issues before the software reaches the end user and it helps the reputation of the company from end users.
• By identifying bugs early in the development process, they can be fixed easily and which helps to gain trust from the end user.
• By rigorous testing we can ensure the software is stable and reliable under various conditions.

What is Automation Testing?

Automation testing is software testing that uses specific automated testing tools and frameworks to execute the test cases. In manual testing where a human tester manually follows the steps, automation testing automates the steps by using automation testing tools and frameworks.

Automation testing uses open source or paid testing tools to test software applications efficiently, quickly and without human intervention.The advantages of automation testing is one can execute thousands of variety, lengthy test cases and few test conditions which we cannot run manually.

Why do we need Automation Testing?

• We can progress testing faster in Automation Testing than manual testing
• We can ensure consistent test execution in automation because there won’t be any human errors
• Automating frequently executed test cases and test cases which are very lengthy saves much time
• To test web applications we need thousands of users, it will be very difficult to test manually so here automation plays a major role which can create hundreds , thousands of virtual users
• By implementing automation there will be fewer people required compared to manual testing which saves the spending cost for the organization
• The reusability of automation test scripts has the biggest advantage by just changing the test scripts according to the test condition
• Automation test cases can run repeatedly and consistently, we don’t need to wait for weeks to complete testing. Switching from manual to automation boosts development and growth

Types of Automation Testing:

There are various types of testing, and the following are the most commonly used testing types, all of which can be automated:

Functional Testing:

Functional testing is very crucial in software testing and it evaluates whether the software application is as expected or not.

Here is the example to demonstrate functional testing:

Amazon Application Functional Testing Scenario:

• Assume that you are testing an Amazon Application.
• Your aim is to check the Purchase flow for a single product.
• Example test cases:
• Login into the Application
• Search for any product as you wish or Search for selected product
• Add the product into the cart
• Checkout the product successfully without any issues.
• Order should be placed successfully.
• In the orders tab you should be able to see your order.

Integration Testing:

It mainly focuses on the interactions and data sharing between different components of an application. Integration testing will identify any issues that arise when these components interact with each other.

It mainly happens after unit testing. It helps in identifying the issues in early development. By doing Integration testing we can ensure different parts of your software works as expected.

Different types of Integration testing:

• Big-Bang Integration Testing:

Here all the modules are combined and functionality is tested after individual module testing. It will be practical for small systems.

• Top-Down Integration Testing:

Here testing starts from the main module and eventually integrates lower-level modules. In this approach you can identify high-level issues initially.

• Bottom-up Integration Testing:

Here testing starts from lower-level modules and eventually moves to main modules.

You can identify issues in individual modules.

• Mixed Integration Testing:

Here all the modules are combined and functionality is tested after individual module testing. It will be practical for small systems.

Performance Testing:

It ensures that software applications perform properly under expected load. It will evaluate the system’s performance under specific loads.

Different types of Performance Testing:

• Load Testing:

It will stimulate real world load on the application to see how it performs under stress.

• Stress Testing:

It will check the application’s ability to handle a high load above normal usage levels.

• Spike Testing:

It will test the application reaction to sudden spikes and reveal any issues when the system is hit with a high number of requests.

• Soak Testing:

It will test the application ability to handle load over a prolonged period.

• Endurance Testing:

It is similar to Soak Testing but the major difference is it mainly focuses on long term behavior of application under constant load.

Acceptance Testing:

It ensures whether a software application compiles with business requirements and it should be ready for delivery. Generally the client or end user conducts the Acceptance testing.

Different types of Acceptance Testing:

• User Acceptance Testing (UAT)

It will check if the product works correctly for the end-user or not.

• Business Acceptance Testing(BAT)

It will check if the product aligns with business requirements.

• Contract Acceptance Testing(CAT)

It will check that acceptance tests must pass within a predefined period after going live.

• Regulations Acceptance Testing(RAT)

It checks the compliance with Government rules and regulations.

• Operational Acceptance Testing(OAT)

It assesses the readiness of the application.

Regression Testing:

It involves the testing of Functional and Non-Functional Tests to make sure earlier developed and tested softwares still performs as expected or after a change.

Smoke Testing:

At the beginning of the development process you will do smoke testing. It will ensure critical functions of the application are working correctly. It is a confirmation that the build is stable and ready for further testing. Automated smoke tests effectively confirm basic system functionality.

Steps to do Automation Testing:

• Select the tools based on your application’s technology.
• Find out which parts of your application can be automated.
• Work on test scripts and frameworks.
• After test scripts are created then start execution.
• Make sure to keep the test scripts up to date and make sure to keep appropriate changes.

When we need to do Automation Testing :

As we discussed earlier, we cannot perform automation testing in every situation, and automation testing will be expensive as well.

• If you test your software on a regular basis, then automation testing can save time.
• When you are doing repetitive testing then you can start your test scripts and it will run and test the application accurately.
• Automated tests can provide instant feedback to developers or testers.
• When you need to do multiple tests, automation testing shines in this situation.
• By implementing automation testing you can expand test coverage, which leads to improved application quality, and finally users will have a snappy bug free experience.
• Automated tests can run the whole day or at any time therefore, we can utilize resources efficiently.
• New features can be easily integrated into test scripts, which leads to faster releases.

Conclusion:

Through this blog, we have learned about Testing and its types, Automation testing, when to use Automation testing. We understood the importance of Automation testing and its scope. In this digital and technological growing world Automation testing plays a major role in ensuring quality, efficiency and reliability.

Automation accelerates the testing process which saves valuable time and increases productivity. You can use Automation testing for both Functional and Non-Functional tests. You can do Performance testing efficiently through Automation testing.

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