Software Test Automation

Software test automation plays a productive and prominent role in the software testing domain. Companies across the globe have benefitted heavily through the strategic implementation of test automation. For repetitive, common and high-volume testing activities, automation testing is considered to be a feasible option. High-coverage test suites can be easily built by automation testing tools. There are a number of test automation tools available in the marketplace; hence, the testing team can decide the right tool that best suits their project and testing specific requirements. In this article, you will get a detailed overview of automated testing.    What is software test automation? It is a testing method through which software’s functionality is assessed to know whether it can meet the required business and functional requirements. Scripted sequences are used and then executed by automated testing software. Examinations of the software are executed by these tools, outcom...

The relevance of automated test case generation:  A significant effort is required to design effective test suites that can affect both testing and development costs. A relevant impact is made on the project deadlines, software development schedule and ultimately the quality of the final product. The new tools for generating test suites automatically and recent advances in automated test case generation can reduce the effort required to generate effective test suites. This in turn helps in enhancing the cost-effectiveness of automated test case generation strategies. The following are the strategies for automated test case generation: 1. The value of automation: Those applicable methods that are used to automate the test case generation strategies are identified and explored. When it comes to automated test case generation , the focus has been on sequential and non-real-time software. Almost everything is incorporated from existing methods right from fully automated soluti...