Businesses around the world are evolving every day to meet market challenges and meet increasingly sophisticated customer needs. Even ongoing technological advancements are making software testing experts more focused and precise in their practice.
The year 2022 brings new technological solutions to the field of software testing, as well as the implementation of quality assurance and software testing. At the same time, practices such as agile, DevOps, DevSecOps, and test automation continue to maintain their relevance and application throughout the software testing cycle.
Some of the strong trends in the field of software testing and development in 2023 are mainly the following:
1. AI facilitates software testing
A Forbes article titled "Artificial Intelligence in Software Testing: Will Robots Take Your Place?" mentioned: "The trend of relying on technology to complete highly repetitive tasks while freeing people to focus on high-value activities , such as revenue generation, relationship building, and growth management, are accelerating the pace of change. Because many test spaces are duplicative, there is reason to believe that AI can easily be used in these areas. The rest will be left to testers, who It will be the job of reviewing the system, working with artificial intelligence, to revolutionize the way testing is performed."
This illustrates the necessity and importance of AI in software testing. As the digital transformation of business accelerates, the application of artificial intelligence in software testing speed and accuracy is bound to increase. Even machine learning is making great strides in the testing and software development process, especially in predictive analytics, log analysis, requirements tracing, and defect analysis.
2. Digital Transformation and Continuous Integration
Over the past year, there have been many discussions and articles about digital transformation. Businesses are going through massive digital transformation, which has created many insecurities and challenges. Using methods such as Agile and DevOps, the testing process becomes more flexible and responsive to business needs.
However, as new features must be delivered in an incremental fashion, this will intensify the need for continuous deployment and integration in applications that are up and running. Business transformations present new challenges every day, which may be related to performance, security or functionality. As a result, the need for continuous development and integration will only increase over time.
3. Effective application of test data in business
As predicted by business experts and tech geeks alike, data will enhance testers' business decision-making capabilities and enable effective decision-making capabilities. And more importantly, the test data, which can ensure that the inferences drawn are accurate and communicated in an easy-to-understand form. Testers need to verify that terabytes of data are being efficiently processed and broken down into precise clusters to obtain the desired inferences.
This test data can be applied to performance testing, functional testing, and even security testing. In big data testing, it is very important to ensure the quality of data. Big data testing can be verified from characteristics such as precision, accuracy, consistency, and repeatability.
4. Test Smart Apps
According to a report by ResearchAndMarkets, “The global smart applications market was USD 8.39 billion in 2017 and is projected to reach USD 93.4 billion by 2026, at a CAGR of 30.7% during the forecast period.” Growing Desire for Advanced Analytics Tools , advancements in technology for deploying new products, and rise in the big data and analytics market are driving the growth of smart applications. Deepening acceptance in developing economies offers significant opportunities for market expansion.
This report summarizes the requirements of intelligent applications, we can assess from the future trends, the testing requirements will only increase. There is also a growing need to effectively test these applications for accuracy, performance, security, functionality, and anything based on requirements.
5. Performance engineering, not just performance testing
Ensuring that your application or software works as expected under changing or challenging conditions is always an important consideration. Performance testing has always been a key aspect of software testing, and as the trend develops, performance testing will eventually shift to performance engineering. The focus will be mainly on all factors that can ensure performance, security, availability, network compatibility, etc., all of which must be committed to delivering high-quality applications to meet the growing demands of customers.
Even in the coming years, the need and role of software testing will only become more prominent, and the challenges in terms of technology and the digital environment are bound to increase further. Therefore, it is equally important that the need for software testing and quality assurance remain relevant in these changing environments.