Why do you need Test Automation in 2021!

It’s the golden era of Test Automation! You cannot talk about the latest practices like DevOps, Continuous Delivery and Continuous Testing without the term Automation. With the power of automation, Testing has taken a ‘moonshot’, transforming the way the world looks at Testing. 

In a traditional software development environment, testing would get completed at the end of the development cycle. Also, manual testing is time-consuming and prone to errors. Organizations are now translating their manual test cases to automated testing to achieve Quality-at-Speed, lower the risk factor and improve the test coverage.

 Agile and DevOps have changed the way the code is developed, tested and deployed. Development and QA teams are under tremendous pressure to have a working version of the software within each sprint. The software is always in development and must be deployment-ready at all instances making testing mandatory at every stage of the delivery pipeline. And Continuous Testing and Test Automation are the keys to its success.

According to the World Quality Report, there is an increase in the adoption of Agile and DevOps. With the growing risk and complexity of software development, teams are on the hook to keep quality high. This has resulted in QA teams becoming orchestrators of quality.

So What exactly is Test Automation?

Test Automation is a method in software testing that leverages automation tools to control the execution of tests. Test automation is also called automated testing or automated QA testing.

According to the MarketsAndMarkets report, “the global test automation market size is anticipated to rise from USD 12.6 Billion in 2019 to USD 28.8 Billion by 2024 at a CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate) of 18.0 per cent during the prediction period”.

Types of Automation Tests

Let us look at the types of tests that can be automated and how they help test every aspect of the system enabling users to achieve a frictionless experience.

• Unit Tests: How well does your single unit of code work independently? 

• Integration and API Tests: How well does your system work when all units are integrated? Does it make or break the system? How well does your system work with external systems? 

• Regression Tests: How well does your system work when you add a new feature to your existing one? Has your software “regressed” after the new update?
  Every time you add a new feature or functionality, you need to check if there is any impact on the existing features

• Performance Tests: How well do your software handle load and stress? How well is the responsiveness and stability of your software?

• Smoke Tests: How well is your software’s stability? How well are your software’s functionalities working? Are there any showstoppers?

• Security Tests: How well is your software secure from any vulnerabilities?
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