Manual Testing Vs Automation Testing
Introduction to Software Testing The process of finding the bugs in the software program Validates and Verifies that the product meets the end result as expected Design test cases and check results to evaluate the exit criteria
Why to Choose Software Testing? •
Points out the errors missed during the development phase
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Ensures customer reliability to reach level of staisfaction
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Effective working of Software is promised
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Avoids any extra costs that may arise due to failure of Software functioning
Manual Testing
• The process of testing the software products to identify the defects • The tester acts as the end user and checks every feature of the product manually
Pros of Manual Testing •
Best suitable for short term projects
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Aptly finds out the real-time end user issue
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Contains the scope of flexibility
Cons of Manual Testing •
Some of the tasks are quite tough to identify, manually
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Sometimes turn to be boring and repetitive
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For making any changes, the user needs to run the test from beginning
Automated Testing • Performs the tests based on run tests of the comparison reports, created earlier • Automates the repetitive tasks using a formal approach of tests and identify errors quickly
Pros of Automated Testing •
Executes the tests quickly
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Economic to use
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Results are visible to everyone in the team
Cons of Automated Testing •
Tools are sometimes expensive
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Some tools take time to execute
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Some tools have limitations
Conclusion •
Both the testing techniques have their own Pros and Cons; hence the users have to choose depending upon the time, size of the project, along with the availability of resources
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Combining both could be a good option for the users, however a proper research is required for the same