Top Software Testing Techniques to Follow in 2019
Software testing and quality assurance have evolved dramatically. From a basic quality testing approach to a more developed, active, “fit-for-purpose� decisive role, quality assurance is now quality engineering in a real sense. Every year the aggressive technology and digital transformation trends change and effect the role of software testing. Let us have a look at a few of the extensive software testing trends and subjects that will rule the scene in 2019.
1) Agile And DevOps Companies have adopted Agile as a response to swiftly changing specifications and DevOps as a response to the demand for speed. DevOps includes practices, rules, methods, and tools that help to combine development and operation exercises to reduce the time from development to methods. DevOps has grown a widely accepted solution for companies which are looking at ways to decrease the software lifecycles from development to control and operation.
2) Test Automation To implement DevOps processes efficiently, software teams cannot neglect test automation as it is a crucial element of the DevOps process. They require to find opportunities to support manual testing with automated testing. As test automation is assumed to be a significant bottleneck of DevOps, at the lowest, most regression testing should be automated.
3) API And Services Test Automation Decoupling the client and server is a contemporary trend in producing both Web and mobile applications. API and services are employed in more than one application or element. These changes, in turn, need the teams to test API and services independent from the app using them.
4) Artificial Intelligence For Testing Although employing the artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) advances to address the difficulties in software testing is not unusual in the software research community, the recent advancements in AI/ML with a large amount of data available pose new possibilities to apply AI/ML in testing.
5) Mobile Test Automation The trend of mobile app development continues to grow as mobile devices are increasingly more capable. To fully support DevOps, mobile test automation must be a part of DevOps toolchains. Though, the current utilization of mobile test automation is very low, partly due to the lack of techniques and tools.
6) Test Environments And Data The accelerated growth of the Internet of Things (IoT) means more software systems are operating in various environments. This places a hurdle for the testing teams to guarantee the right level of test coverage. Certainly, the lack of test environments and data is a top difficulty when applying to test in agile projects.
7) Integration Of Tools And Activities It is difficult to use any testing tool that is not combined with the other tools for apps lifecycle management. Software teams require to combine the tools used for all development stages and activities so that multi-source data can be associated to apply AI/ML approaches efficiently.
Conclusion These are the growing Software Testing types that one should watch out in 2019 as we are in a world of modern exponential changes driven by technology and digital transformation. Businesses and individuals need to stay informed of the developments in the market. Continuing with these trends would allow test specialists, organizations, and teams to stay ahead of the curve.