Myths About
Automated Testing
Introduction • Automated testing has grown development process.
as an essential element of the software
• There are some features about automated testing that have been confused. • So here we will discuss some of the general myths about automated testing and show the fact behind it. It’s Expensive Automate Everything
It is Easy
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Experience Isn’t require
It can found Real errors
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Automated Testing Is Expensive
Yes! As we have to buy software and hire new experts or offer training to fresher to do automation testing, it is expensive in initials.
But once everything is settled down, you can save your costs.
As it is faster than manual testing, it can save a lot of time, resources and energy which results in a big save in expense.
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Automate All Tests
Some tests are good when it is done by manual testing while some tests are so hard that it needs some more time to go by the manual testing.
So it is best to go for automated testing.
Therefore, we can’t completely ignore manual testing.
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Anyone Can Do IT
• Automated scripts are software codes and tools that can’t do by everyone. • Automated software testing needs a particular level of experience • Also, you require to manage the modules and the elements and understand how to efficiently make usage of it. • You do not require comprehensive testing knowledge as you require for scripting and running manual tests, but you require the essential knowledge to go for the automated tests. • As writing test scripts is diverse than creating test cases
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Easy to Manage
In automated tests, the source code requires to be correctly managed daily.
As requirements are changes with time, projects can’t run with the same software.
Hence, the code has to be updated as per the project’s need.
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Not Every Error is True Not all the errors detected by the automated software are true errors
There are some chances that it will also reveal fake positives sometimes and the testers should be able to recognize them.
Conclusion • Here we have discussed some myths about QA automated testing • These will help the testers to work properly and make the accurate benefit of the automated testing software.
References: Myths: 5 Common Misconceptions about Automated Testing
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