Why is Automation Testing Required?

Kualitateminc
2 min readApr 15, 2021

Automation Testing: An Overview

Automation testing is the use of tools and technologies to test applications in order to reduce testing efforts and achieve capability faster and more affordably. It aids in the development of higher-quality applications with less effort.

Many organizations use automation testing services to some degree, but they still rely heavily on manual checks because they don’t understand how to fully use the advantages of automated testing in their production phase.

Manual testing entails diligently carrying out predefined test scenarios, comparing the outcomes to the predicted behavior, and documenting the findings. Manual testing is time-consuming and vulnerable to bugs because it is repeated every time the source code shifts. Execution on various channels is also complex.

When integrating automated testing into a business, it is important to devote a considerable amount of time and effort. Even so, there isn’t much of a financial commitment, at least not when you’re just getting started. There is a plethora of open-source test automation software that could be used, especially in the early stages.

Firms whose primary product(s) aren’t tech are usually hesitant to engage in automation testing, assuming that the results won’t be as predicted or that there won’t be any ROI at all.

Let’s look at why automation testing is essential for your company and what advantage it can have in the rest of this essay.

Time is money

Although the initial configuration of automated testing cases takes a lot of time and effort, you can reuse these experiments until they’ve been automated. Automated tests are considerably easier than manual tests, have fewer errors, and useless labor.

You have the option to run the checks automatically on each commit in a rapidly evolving codebase. You won’t have to repeat manual steps such as setting up the environment or remembering how to run each test. Anything is carried out on autopilot.

Automated testing can be performed repeatedly until the setup is complete, cutting the time it takes to run routine manual tests from weeks to hours.

The tests can be run as many times as needed once they have been written. Unlike manual testers, the samples are now available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week!

Basic unit tests are performed several times a day (usually for each commit) in software development departments, and bigger and time-consuming integration and UI tests are run a few times a day (usually after office hours).

Final Words

If the consistency of your product is your top concern, I highly advise you to include automated testing in your daily production routine. It will ensure that the application is thoroughly reviewed, giving developers, administrators, and customers alike trust.

Automation testing services are expensive upfront, and it takes time to build. In terms of decreased workload, eliminating human mistakes, accuracy, and expense and time savings, the investment will pay off in the long run.

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Kualitatem is an independent software testing and information security company in New York.