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When to go for automation?

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Pamela Mer
When to go for automation?

Besides the various benefits of automation testing, engineers can't automate all test cases in a project. Automation is a tool that can improve performance and speed up the development process, but not a panacea. Enginers should be very selective when deciding what to automate. Thoughtless usage of automation brings more material and physical expenses. 

Some examples when automation testing undesirable:

  • when we pay attention to user experience and usability 
  • one-time run tests
  • exploratory testing when engineers check the system on the fly to discover and learn the system before testing
  • tests without predictive results. An automation test must have definite results to be successful.

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