Manual testing is done by an individual sitting at the forefront of the systems and keenly executing the Test steps, where as Automation testing utilize a software to execute the Test case collation.

The Automation software can also evaluate the Test Data of a system under check, examine actual and expected result and generate a Details Test Report, The goal of Automation Testing is to diminish the number of Test Cases to be run Manually and discard manual testing altogether.

Why is Automation Significant?

• Manual testing with positive and negative scenarios is money and Time consuming
• Challenging to test Multilingual sites manually.
• This test can run untended (overnight), without human support
• It boosts the Speed of test execution and test coverage

Which Test cases to Automate?

Certain criteria need to follow to fix the area need to be Automated, some of them are:

• Test Area that is executed again and again.
• Test cases, which are very tiring or can’t complete manually.
• Test cases which are time consuming
• High risk_Business related Test Cases

Now.. let’s see which are not suited for Automation!!!

• Test cases which are newly created and not evaluated at least once, can’t go for this test
• Test steps, where the prerequisite is changing frequently.
• Test cases that are executed on Adhoc -b basis.

Popular Automation Tools:

• Quick Test Professionals(QTP)
• Jmeter
• Selenium

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How to select Automation Tool for Requirement?

• Ease of Use
• Support for various categories of testing(Functional,Mobile,Test Management and so on…)

Closing Thoughts

Appropriate choice of Automation Tool, testing procedure and Team are vital players for Automation to be successful.

“Manual and Automation testing has to go in hand to hand for booming Testing”.