29 June, 2015

Need of Test Cases in Automation Testing

Why Automation testing? With time everything changes and so the case for any technology or industry. There was a time when our demand was limited but now they are crossing every limits and boundaries. As a result we need continuous enhanced supply. In IT industry similar situation occurs very frequently and these result in technological depreciation. The technology that was born yesterday will vanish tomorrow and the place will be acquired by a newer one. Similarly software applications are getting complicated with time. They are now more complex and bigger in size than before. Now a software application keeps millions of modules and pages within itself in order to meet the demands of industry. As a result its complexity increases and hence it is creating problems for both developers as well as testers. In our topic, we are concerned about testers and hence we will discuss about their issues in creating better software applications. In complicated projects the job of a tester becomes much complicated than that of a developer and hence they must need support in the form of different software testing tools to make the process smoother. These testing tools are otherwise known as automation testing tools and they are highly efficient in testing any complicated application in less time and effort.

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Test cases an integral part of automation testing: While doing any automation testing we can’t ignore the term test case. Test cases are nothing but the basic fundamental section of any testing methodology. It can be compared with the fundamental cell of a body. These test cases are usually written in different languages like web languages or VB script as per the tool the tester chooses. Anyway, these test cases keep the methodology of the testing approach for a specific page or module of a software application. Hence the automation tester must write this test case very carefully because any loop whole in the test case can result in loop whole in the application that may lead to crash of the application also. So we must understand the importance of test case in any automation testing methodology before we jump into it.

Test cases for reliable testing: To make the testing process not only smoother but also professional we have to keep track of each and every aspect of the application and accordingly we have to prepare our testing flow for the application. We must make the test case so efficient that it will check each and every angle of the module of the application. If all these precautions are taken seriously by the automation tester, we needn’t to bother about the quality of testing and we can conclude with a beautiful end product.

Test cases for iterative modules: In complicated or complex software applications, we usually find many similar modules being used repeatedly in the application. Modules like validation check, database connectivity and AJAX calls etc are usually iterated in the application due to their high demand. So it becomes frustrating for the tester to check these repeated modules and hence the quality of testing degrades; but with test cases we can write a single test case for similar modules and save it in our application and then we can test those similar modules repeatedly any time just by running the test case again and again. It also helps in avoiding all types of loop wholes and common human errors that may arise due to the frostration of the tester. Hence it can result in quality end product i.e., also reliable.

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