Watch this video to learn the common test automation challenges!
Some of the key test automation challenges are: โข ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ: Ensuring automated tests run quickly enough to keep up with rapid development cycles. โข ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ: Maintaining high quality and reliability of automated tests to ensure they accurately detect issues and do not produce false positives or negatives. โข ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ: Managing the high initial investment and ongoing costs associated with purchasing tools, training staff, and maintaining test automation suites. โข ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ & ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ: Developing a scalable and adaptable test automation framework that can efficiently handle changes in application features, technologies, and platforms.
00:00 Introduction
00:04 Test Automation Chaellenges
01:39 Evolution of test automation Framework
06:45 Closing
Introduction to Test Automation Challenges
Overview of the importance of test automation in software development. Discussion on traditional challenges faced in test automation, including manual resource intensity, time consumption, incomplete test coverage, and scalability issues.
Evolution of Test Automation Frameworks
Historical progression from record and play frameworks to data-driven, keyword-driven, and BDD-based frameworks. Introduction to the latest fifth-generation frameworks that leverage machine learning.
Current Trends in Test Automation
Low Code/No Code: Emphasis on reducing manual scripting efforts by using platforms that generate scripts in various technologies (Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, etc.).
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: Application of AI/ML for continuous testing, self-healing test scripts, and creating autonomous test systems.
Unified Comprehensive Testing: Integration of UI testing, microservices testing, and web services testing within the same framework.
Platform as a Service (PaaS) Testing: Ability to test PaaS environments without requiring specific SaaS applications to be built on top.
In-Sprint Automation
Importance of supporting in-sprint automation, enabling the initiation of automated testing even before the development of a single line of code.