AUTOMATED SOFTWARE TESTING SERVICES

What is automated testing?
Why opt for test automation?

Automated tests are special scripts used to simulate software functions under predefined scenarios.

QA teams provide automation testing services to save time and money on repetitive testing tasks maintaining a consistently high-quality product even while the team of engineers continue to develop the product.

Once live, a software codebase never remains static for many reasons including new features, browser and OS updates, security patches, and a constant influx of new devices entering the market.

Regular, flawless updates are crucial for business growth but only when they are well-integrated into the existing codebase. The bigger and/or more changeable a codebase becomes, the greater the effort required by the development team to keep it up to date. And, with every change comes testing. This multiplies expense, but the expense is far greater if the crucial testing phase is skipped and the product goes live with bugs.

Test automation makes it possible to keep an app codebase updated and still deliver on time and within budget. Using automated testing secures both code and cost through increased scalability that is not possible with manual testing only.

Things to consider before
starting test automation

Automation testing services do not completely replace manual testing.

Being individually designed based on the list of requirements, Automation testing services are unlikely to solve specific problems users might face. The number of user scenarios for automated test scripts is quite limited.

In order to maximize a QA team’s potential, combining the strengths of both approaches remains the best solution. Test automation works for common routine jobs where human attention quickly loses focus: app login, account creation, sending email notifications, etc.

Manual testing works for higher, more sophisticated levels: user experience, interface usability. These cannot be automated.

Automated tests work best for the long haul when QA engineers must continuously check the same, previously stable code regarding any compatibility issues with each new update.

Automated tests also need time and attention for development and maintenance: they, too, need updating to keep pace with development. Once the QA team stops updating automated tests, the tests will start crashing, increasing in frequency and losing their relevance to the source code they test. To make them useful, the team might have to rewrite them.

How do Automation Testing Services Improve
Your Bottom Line?

Automated testing—when done professionally—makes it possible to check for possible software issues in a standardized, routine, efficient manner. This ensures software products are 99% bug free before entering the market, giving the needed assurance to customers of high quality and to businesses, a solid product.

In short, automation reduces time and labor, maximizes workflow, streamlines tasks, improves quality, has a broader test coverage range, and costs less than manual testing.