Friday, September 5, 2008

Introduction to Test Automation Framework

Judiciously testing all possible permutations of such components creates a highly complex testing situation with hundreds or thousands of testing scenarios. Under such situations there comes a need for automating the testing process with the help of automation framework approach, which can help in achieving detailed testing with great reduction in testing time.

It can never be a workable idea to automate all the test cases. Hence it is important to scientifically understand the areas which can be automated. Remember that an ad-hoc approach to test automation can in fact, lead to longer testing time and poor quality irrespective of the name & fame of the testing tool selected by you.