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Manual Vs Automation

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Forum Discription: Discuss All that is need to be known about Automated Software Testing and its Tools.
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Topic: Manual Vs Automation
Posted By: varughmi
Subject: Manual Vs Automation
Date Posted: 12Feb2009 at 12:35am
When do we do manual forum_posts.asp?TID=6341# -


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Posted By: roblambert_pact
Date Posted: 15Apr2009 at 5:24am
Hi,

only you can answer that one.

Why do you want to automate?

I automate to regression test. I automate to save time. I automate tedious repetitive tasks. I don't automate everything. Far from it.

Automation is expensive, it takes lots of time to get right, it needs people to take care. It requires lots of thought.

Saying that. I use Selenium and VS test edition to quickly data load my apps. Quick, dirty and effective, but it is not doing any 'testing'. The results from it cannot be used to assertain any pertinent information.

Exploratory testing is your best friend. Selenium is your second best friend. Well - they are for me. That is the problem. It works fine for me cos I know what I need. It starts with you defining what you need to 'get it tested'. If you need to automate - automate. If you can do exploratory testing - do it.

don't believe the nay sayers that exploratory is wrong....

http://pac-testing.blogspot.com/2009/03/normal-0-false-false-false-en-gb-x-none.html

http://blogs.imeta.co.uk/RLambert/archive/2009/01.aspx

Hope this helps. Good luck with working it out.

Rob..






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Posted By: cprasenjit26
Date Posted: 15May2009 at 12:54pm
Normally automation will be required in cases where there needs to be a check on functionality after modification to the source code. Also scalabilit load testing and soak testing can be preferred through automation

The prioirty will depend on businness requirements. However I would automate basic functionality first.
 
http://softwareqatestings.com - Software testing tutorial

Posted By: Georgiodz
Date Posted: 20May2009 at 3:24am
There are some interesting information about test automation and when to automate in this article about http://en.web2test.de/web-testing-knowledgebase/test-automation-web/ - test automation web


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