Choosing Automated Software Testing Tools
Automated software testing tools have become very popular among software developers since it gives them the following major benefits over manual software testing:-
- It is much faster than manual software testing.
- It is much more efficient and accurate than manual software testing.
- It is very much cost effective, since human testers will need to be paid in multiples of what automated testing software will cost.
When you are selecting an automated software testing tool for your products, there are certain points you must consider. Things to check include the features of your testing software program, as to what aspects of your software will it scrutinize. The following is a brief description of the different aspects of software that testing programs must look into:-
1. Functionality - The first thing that your testing software program must check is the performance of your software program. It must check whether all links and interlinks are working properly, and blending seamlessly into the entire program. The whole program must be run without any glitches. Also, performance tests will include checking for installation and loadability of the program. Loadability will involve how fast the program runs on the system it mentions for its compatibility configuration. This testing must be done at both the alpha and the beta stage of the program for its performance.
2. Reliability - Reliability is very important in a software product if it is something that is turning out some result-oriented information. An example of this is the mortgage loan calculator software, which can show you how much you will have to pay per month on a mortgage you are planning to take. Naturally, these calculations must be accurate, and must take into account all the parameters that are inputted. It is the job of automated software testing tools to check just how reliable the results of such software products turn out to be.
3. Compatibility - Automated software will test whether the program runs on all system configurations. Thus, it will find out the optimal system configuration for the program's operation, which can be mentioned on the packaging in the System Requirements section. Such a kind of testing takes a long time to do manually. But automated software can find out the best system configuration for a particular software product in a short period of time.
4. Regression - The program must be back-checked in a feature known as regression testing. Here, the testing program checks the whole software product once a bug is fixed. Sometimes, when programmers fix bugs manually in software products, it may affect other aspects of the software program. This is overlooked by manual programmers, and the product is released in the market with the obvious bugs fixed, but more bugs added due to the fixing. Regression testing takes care of that. Each time one bug is fixed, automated software will do a whole check on the program to see if any new bugs have been introduced.
5. Security - One of the most important parts of software testing is to find out how secure the product is. Some software programs carry important identifying information of their users, such as business software products. These could be transmitted online if there is any spyware installed on the system. Automated testing programs will see that such exclusive information is protected from spyware. Some software products also have antivirus programs on them, and testing software will check out just how effective these antivirus programs are.
Automated GUI software testing tools are the norm these days for quality assurance (QA) specialists. This has made things a bit easier during the testing of new applications. So let your management know about this if they are still behind the times!
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