Software development isn’t just about building software. It is also about ensuring that the software is devoid of any vulnerabilities or errors and that it works to meet the user’s needs. Software quality is important and therefore, the software has to undergo testing simultaneously with the development process before it hits the market. Manual testing process can be time consuming and it doesn’t really help to identify hidden vulnerabilities. That’s mainly why test automation is preferred.
Here are some of the reasons why Test Automation is great for integrating
• Saves time and effort
Before, testing used to be performed to ensure that the software was error-free. However, now, it is also about ensuring that the software meets the required standards along with detecting and eliminating vulnerabilities. It’s always preferred to perform testing along with the software development life cycle (SDLC) to detect errors as early as possible and to make the necessary changes instantly. This helps save time and extra efforts taken to make corrections when the testing is performed after the completion of software development. In short, with test automation, testing is no longer a hurdle you have to cross to make the software ready before its release date.
• Improves test coverage
Test automation allows performing extensive software testing to ensure software quality. Even the lengthy tests that are skipped during manual testing can be run during automated testing without bringing much attention to it. An automation testing software looks into various aspects of a software like memory contents, data tables, file contents, and internal program states to ensure that the software is working as intended. Test automation helps cover large amounts of test cases that are usually left unattended during manual testing, mainly due to time constraints.
• Improves accuracy
Even the most experienced and expert testers cannot avoid errors during manual testing. Automated testing allows thorough testing of the software and generates detailed reports of the results at each phase of testing. This in turn gives the testers ample time to deal with other complex test cases.
• Ensures quality of the software
How long software stays in the market depends on how well it functions. There are various tools and approaches for test automation that can be put to use to ensure that the software meets the required quality standards.
• It’s cheap
The cost of entire test automation process is lesser than manual testing. It’s mostly pay-once system for test automation while manual testing requires payment after completion of each phase.
• Does things that manual testing cannot do
With test automation, it’s easy to simulate testing scenarios that is not possible to build during manual testing process.
• Makes things easy for developers and testers
Developers can utilize shared automated tests to identify the risks before the software is sent for quality assurance. Whenever changes in source code are entered, tests can run automatically and the developers and testers are notified in case of any issues.
• Boosts the confidence of developers and testers
Automated testing gives the developers and testers enough time to work on other challenges. This helps them sharpen their skills, thus improving their confidence.
Though test automation requires some efforts in the beginning stage, it is really worth it. Integrating test automation to software development can work wonders. It helps create software without any errors and that meets the required quality and customer’s needs.
