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Software development is one of the most important activities in the Information technology domain. From small to large-scale complex software applications, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) process needs to be implemented strategically. To ensure that software is bug-free and of the best quality, built according to user and business-specific requirements, software testing is implemented. Test automation is one of the most important components of software testing. In this article, you will get to know about test automation and some of the ways to automate software testing . What is test automation? It is a process where automated tools are used for efficient software testing activities. It helps in managing test data, running tests and leveraging results for developing a high-quality software product or application. Much of the manual requirements are relieved through the tactical implementation of test automation. Test automation is also referred to as “automation testing” or...

There are a certain number of software testing stages for traditional and agile methodologies. As the software testing proceeds, bottlenecks can be encountered by testers, thereby requiring different tactics and strategies. As a result, there is an increase in cross-team collaborations, requirements and operations change and there are many iterations that need to be plugged into the company’s overall software testing strategy. In this article, you will get to know the software testing stages that are required for traditional and agile methodology.   Following are the software testing stages of the traditional testing methodology: 1. Unit: This is the first testing stage of the traditional testing methodology. Here, assessment is undertaken for a system’s or application’s separate modules to know whether they can individually function correctly and to the maximum capacity. Based on the situation and program of the build, the units may significantly vary from one another. The te...

Incorporating User Acceptance Testing (UAT) in an agile environment is a viable strategy because the end-user needs about the product can be analyzed clearly. This in turn helps in saving potential effort, cost and time that may be spent on addressing the problems after the product has been launched. The team must plan to perform UAT in agile rewardingly. In this article, you will get to know the best ways to conduct UAT in agile mode. What is User Acceptance Testing (UAT)? It is a testing method where end-users are involved to test the software product or application in a real-time environment and provide their valuable feedback. Based on the feedback provided, the team will take the necessary steps to further improve the quality of the product, if need be required. Following are the six simple steps required to conduct UAT in agile : 1. The business requirements need to be analyzed: The functional and business requirements of the software need to be clearly understood. For example, t...

The market for mobile application development is growing at a steady pace and thus there is a need for new and advanced tools and frameworks that can help in carrying out the testing process faster and easier. iOS application development frameworks are also a significant part of the mobile application   development process and hence there are specific iOS test automation tools that can scale up the performance and functionality of iOS applications. In this article, you will get to know some of the best test automation tools used for testing iOS applications. The following are the best test automation tools to choose from for testing iOS applications: 1. XC Test/XCUITest: XC Test tests the backend stuff while XCUI test tests the User interface and the way the app renders for the end user. It truly benefits Apple’s ecosystem. XCTest and XCUITest act as a base for various other testing tools, preferably Appium which relies on their platform. If XCTest is being used, then the tes...

User Acceptance Testing (UAT) ensures that a software product or application is in line with the customer’s requirements. The larger QA function is also supported by UAT through the medium of the testing process. UAT often includes documentation to capture the testing results, cases or user test scripts and confirmation of the product quality as it moves through various iterations of the testing process. QA is a specialized, iterative and ongoing function embedded within an organization. The UAT results can help in improving the test cases and testing processes, as well as provide more data, experience and tools for overall QA functions to improve their efficiency. In this article, you will get to know about the five tasks that should be carried out by the QA team to efficiently support user acceptance testing. Following are the five essential tasks that need to be worked upon by the QA team to efficiently support the User Acceptance Testing (UAT): 1. The crucial flows need to be ...

Software development technology has been continuously improving. When talking about software development methods one can simply not ignore the role which testing plays in software development. Therefore in order to maintain pace with latest software development technologies testing needs to be done faster than development. Imagine you are building a big Software-as-a-Service product like for example Salesforce. The product contains 1000 features. To keep up with the competition, you must also release a new feature each month. Imagine that you are required to test the product. You will need to verify that the new features are not affecting any of the existing features. All 1000. Imagine that you must test all 1000 of them within one week. What was the situation 'before-Agile? Waterfall Development Technology was an established software development method before Agile software Development. The Waterfall model is a method of developing software in a series, starting with designing, pl...

When new functions (or capabilities) become available to a website product Test instances (or test suites) should be created in order to evaluate the latest features. Before adding a brand new test case, it is essential to have the appropriate answers to some of the questions below: Do we really have to come up with a brand new test case in order to test the capabilities? Functionality? Can you modify an existing test scenario to accommodate the requirements of the feature being tested? Are there ways to modify the current test setup to allow the "product features" can be tested against various inputs (or set of data)? Do we need to include an additional test execution if there are no significant changes in your business policies? Do you know of a better way to isolate tests from implementation? The answers to the questions listed above can be found in Data-Driven Testing in Selenium WebDriver . What is Driven Testi...

User acceptance testing (UAT) is the final stage in the software development process before moving to production. We validate the provided software solution or product against business requirements. This article will discuss User Acceptance Testing in detail. What is user acceptance testing (UAT)? UAT is when we conduct a test to see whether a software product meets the business requirements. It is the final stage of software development before moving on to production. The end-user does it to verify a software system before moving the software product to a live environment. It confirms whether the solution works well for the user or not. UAT is different from unit testing, integration testing, and system testing. System testing ensures that the system does not crash and meets the documented requirements. On the other hand, UAT ensures that the software system is working as per the business requirements. The system is evaluated in real-life scenarios from the external user point of vie...