Test automation is basically a complete package, and great value-for-money, because it is systematic and well-defined, more accurate with the elimination of human-error and requires less efforts. It has become a standard part of Software Development Life-Cycle, that includes identifying bugs, testing in simulated environments, performance optimization, code clean-up and conducting test analysis, all with minimized human efforts. The practice has been refined over the years, with Testing being carried out in different stages.
But what makes Automation Testing so highly efficient and productive? It is the four steps that intricately test the software at every stage of development. What are these? Let’s find out.
Unit Testing
The foremost level of Test Automation is unit testing and is conducted at the grassroot level. In this stage, every part of the code is separated and then tested. It tests the code of an application at the skeleton phase, to ensure that there are no bugs in the written code. It further helps in keeping the code clean right from the beginning. This leads to less occurrence of problems in later stages of testing.
Integration Testing
Integration testing basically means combining 2 or more modules to test how they work in sync. It is a function performed by testers to see if independent modules work in unison with the other sections of the software. This is the second level of testing. Various software modules are being combined and then tested so as to check the data-flow from one module to another, and to check whether proper communication along the modules is taking place. The tester’s main concern is to ensure that the software contains no defects while the interaction of integrated components takes place.
System Testing
In this step, a complete work-up of the entire system, or combined modules, is accomplished wherein, all the defects in the software environment are being detected and solved. This step falls under the category of black box testing.
In System testing, checking of all the aspects such as customers’ expectations, the design of the software, the overall system behaviour and whether its meeting customer needs is carried out. This step is handled by a separate testing team and conducts both, functional and non-functional testing.
System testing is usually a concluding test, and includes stress testing, performance testing, load testing and security testing, to meet specific application requirements.
Acceptance testing
Acceptance testing is usually conducted by the user or customers themselves, and is also known as ‘End-user Testing’. It is the final level of testing.
As the name suggests, acceptance testing is done with the purpose of checking whether the software is optimized in performance and whether it adheres to all customer requirements for ‘Final Acceptance’ from them.
The more accurately testing is carried out, the better the outcome will be of the finished product. With access to the latest available technologies in Test Automation, businesses can choose from solutions like APPIUM, LoadRunner, QTP and Selenium, as per their requirement. Saransh Inc. has helped businesses execute automated testing of software using these technologies, under the supervision of experts and the best industry practices, to ensure high resilience and scalability, along with providing all other kinds of IT Services and support.
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