Keep Your Software Safe - Apply Test Automation Methods

Test automation is all about testing the functions and accuracy of software. In earlier days such services were rendered by non programmers who used to test the products and reported to the companies about the bugs before being used by the customers. Gradually with the passage of time, companies developed software development kit but its application was very complicated, time consuming and also very costly.

Test automation has developed out of such limitations. It is a very simple and automatic way of performing tests of software. 

It consists of a series of programs which determine whether the action performed is correct or not. It is an ultimate process of executing a program with the internet and then searching for the errors.

Automated testing process is done before the product is ready to use and requires lots of planning which starts with understanding the needs of users. 

This process is performed in five steps:

• Planning for the purpose, scope, strategies, major requirements, schedule, and budget of conducting test

• Designing for automation framework and script development

• Preparation of test automation tool

• Integration of script and tool for deploying them practically

• Finally reviewing the automation process and provide feedback

Presently two test automation methods are observed to be efficient in providing testing solutions.

• Condense all test cases into basic functions.

• Write User-Defined Functions, Business Function Scripts, and Subroutine or Utility Scripts, all these scripts perform their function separately.

Functional decomposition method- this method is used to Such functions are performed for navigation, specific business function and data verification. The architecture of this method operates in a hierarchy. The top most functions is preparing “driver script” which performs initial tasks followed by “main script” which includes logics of test cases then stands the “business function script” which performs application testing and finally the “subroutine scripts” that performs task needed by the business functions.

Test plan driven method- it is a better option to be followed for testing as it overcomes most of the disadvantages of the above method. This method is completely data driven and included functionality. The architecture of this method is also similar to the first one but they are substantially different. They are “driver script”, “controller script” and “utility script”.

So before going to the software testing companies one must go through the testing tutorials to gain thorough knowledge about it. For more details one may refer the home page.  

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