The software industry is moving towards an autonomous, fast and efficient future. To keep pace with this fast-moving ecosystem, application delivery times must be accelerated, but not at the expense of quality. Achieving quality quickly is necessary, so quality assurance gets a lot of attention. To meet the need for superior quality and faster time-to-market, automated testing will be prioritized. For Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), automating their own testing process is very necessary and the most critical aspect is choosing the right automation testing framework.
What is an automated testing framework?
An automated test framework is a scaffold that provides an execution environment for automated test scripts. The framework provides users with various advantages to help them efficiently develop, execute, and report automated test scripts. It is more like a system created specifically to automate the testing of an organization. In short, we can say that a framework is a constructive mix of various guidelines, coding standards, concepts, processes, practices, project hierarchies, modularity, reporting mechanisms, test data injection, etc. to underpin automated testing. Therefore, users can follow these guidelines when automating applications to take advantage of various productive outcomes.
These advantages can be in different forms such as ease of scripting, scalability, modularity, understandability, process definition, reusability, cost, maintenance, etc. Therefore, in order to be able to reap these benefits, developers are advised to use one or more automated testing frameworks. Also, when there is a group of developers working on different modules of the same application, and when we want to avoid each developer implementing their own automation approach, a unified standard test automation framework is needed.
Types of automated testing frameworks
Automated testing frameworks in the market may vary by supporting different key factors such as reusability, ease of maintenance, etc. Such as the following types:
● Module-based testing framework
● Test library architecture framework
● Data-driven testing framework
● Keyword-driven testing framework
● Hybrid testing framework
● Behavior-driven development framework