Do you really understand the advantages and disadvantages of automated testing?

1, talk about the advantages of automated testing. As follows:

(1) regression test is more convenient and reliable;

(2) More and more complicated tests can be run, which is fast and efficient;

(3) It can perform some tests which are quite difficult or impossible for manual testing;

(4) Make better use of resources and make the use of resources more valuable;

(5) Consistency and repeatability;

(6) Automated test scripts are completely reusable;

(7) Make the software more trustworthy;

(8) Testing in various environments.

2. Let's talk about what automated testing can't do and its shortcomings. As follows:

(1) cannot completely replace manual testing;

(2) The correctness of the test cannot be completely guaranteed;

(3) Manual testing can find more defects than automatic testing;

(4) great dependence on test quality;

(5) Test automation may limit software development;

(6) The automated testing tool itself is dead and has no imagination;

(7) High cost and high risk;

(8) Automated testing has high technical requirements for testers and certain requirements for testing tools.

3. So, when is it appropriate to introduce automated testing?

(1) The project cycle is long and the system version remains unchanged;

(2) The demand changes infrequently;

(3) The test objects in the system can basically be identified normally;

(4) There is not a lot of third-party control in the system;

(5) Repeated testing is required, such as thousands of system tests for reliability testing;

4. When should we avoid automated testing?

(1) The project cycle is short and the demand changes frequently;

(2) When the software version is unstable;

(3) There is no clear project test automation plan, measures and management;

(4) the leadership does not support it;

(5) Most of the objects are unrecognizable, and the script maintenance is frequent and difficult. One of them is that automated testing is doomed to fail.

finally

As a test engineer, constantly improving his working ability is the most important basis for raising his salary. In addition, we should also pay attention to study. IT industry is an industry that develops continuously and iterates relatively fast, and its technology has obvious characteristics of the times. Therefore, keeping up with the technological development of the times can keep us from falling behind and have sufficient competitiveness in the workplace.