For manual testing, software testers talk more about automated testing. The difference between the two is that one is manual testing and the other is using tools to test.
As the development trend of software testing, there are many automated testing tools on the market, such as open source performance automated testing tools: Jmeter , Loadrunner ; open source functional automated testing tools: QTP , Selenium , Watir ; other automated testing frameworks: TestWriter (zero coding) , easy to maintain) and so on.
Faced with so many automated testing tools, do you need to master them one by one? (There are also gods who kneel and lick, almost all of them have been used) In the work of software testing, which projects are suitable for you? Not doing useless work is one of the rules of every workplace. So in software testing work, how to choose an automated testing tool correctly?
1. Demand cost
When choosing an automated testing tool, the first step is to consider the enterprise's usage standards, whether the tool has the ability to automate testing tasks, and whether the automated testing tool can undertake the corresponding testing tasks for product-type tasks. Solutions for automated testing for each test type.
2. Applicability of test items
Frequent release of new versions for testing, this type of testing project. Then you need to consider putting aside manual testing first and using automated testing for it. If automated testing is required, it is also necessary to consider the realization of automated testing, and also to have the function of automated compilation and automated release system for testing.
3. Maintenance cost
Consider labor costs, including human guidance of automated testing tools and maintenance of tools, etc. These are all things to consider.
This is what our team thought about it, so I would like to share with you a little.