There was a post on linkedin: How important is Test Automation? which essentially was a link to a blog post. My answer following: I think the question and the post are a little bit too open ended (which does make them a good discussion starter). How important is test automation to who? For what? For when? You wrote 'failures and unexpected behaviors have become more prominent.' Prominent in what way? Are there more bugs in software now or are there more people using software and therefore finding bugs? You wrote about advancements in different technologies which of course there have been but does that mean the testing has to be automated? As others have said, it's situational and dependent on a lot of factors, too many to list. I disagree it will prevent human mistakes in testing though, after all, humans are creating this automated testing. Is automated testing going to find more bugs then a manual tester? No, but then again it's not supposed to (although again, situational). Is automated testing more important then manual testing? Maybe. Is manual testing more important then automated testing? Maybe. They are both part of the test process, they are used to achieve different things, both tools to be used to achieve your testing. /answer I didn't actually see a case for (the importance of) automated testing, maybe I missed it? I don't understand why automated testing is (according to some) at the forefront of testing? It's one aspect of testing, only one. |
